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Description: | A complete knapped lithic implement of Neolithic date, circa 3500 - 2100 BC. The implement is a scraper which is ovate in plan with a D-shaped section. The ventral surface is smooth with a small fracture on the proximal portion just above the bulb of percussion and striking platform which remain. The dorsal surface has had flakes of varying sizes removed and displays negative scars and corresponding arises. Steep retouch is present along the distal edge and into the mesial portion of both sides creating the scraping edge.The flint is a mid grey colour with large patches of lighter chalky inclusions. The implement is 48.3mm long, 45.1mm wide, 8.8mm thick and weighs 24.6g.Scrapers are fairly ubiquitous throughout prehistory and are generally less chronologically distinctive than other artefact types though rounded and disc scrapers are usually attributed to the Neolithic period. Scrapers had many different functions in the Neolithic as they were very useful tools and were employed, for example, for skinning animals, removing the fatty deposit from hinds and much more.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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