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Description: | A complete knapped lithic implement of Neolithic date, circa 3500 - 2100 BC. The implement is a scraper formed from a tertiary flake which is ovate in plan and sub-rectangular in section. The edges of the implement are rounded and the ventral surface is smooth with the bulb of percussion and striking platform having been removed. The dorsal surface is irregular having had three long flakes removed and displays negative scars and corresponding arises. Retouch is present along the left and right edges of the distal portion of the flake continuing onto the distal edge itself.The flint is a mid greyish colour with lighter inclusions. The implement is 52mm long, 22.2mm wide, 4.9mm thick and weighs 8.6g.Scrapers are fairly ubiquitous throughout prehistory and are generally less chronologically distinctive than other artefact types. Retouch is often limited to the end only. 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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