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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 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 two large flakes having been removed and displays negative scars and corresponding arises. Steep and invasive retouch is present along the distal edge.The flint is a mid burnt orange colour with lighter inclusions. The implement is 44.3mm long, 33mm wide, 8.4mm thick and weighs 15.7g.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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