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Description: | A complete knapped lithic implement of Neolithic date, circa 3500 - 2100 BC. The implement is a large and crude scraper formed from a secondary flake which is sub-ovate in plan and D-shaped in section. The ventral surface is smooth with the bulb of percussion and striking platform having been removed while the dorsal surface is irregular with numerous flakes of varying sizes having been removed and displays negative scars and corresponding arises. Steep retouch is present along the distal edge.The flint is a mid grey colour with lighter inclusions and three small patches of cortex are retained. The implement is 76.2mm long, 33.7mm wide, 17.2mm thick and weighs 43.9g.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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