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Description: | A side and end scraper worked on a thin and broad flake of cream flecked dark brown fine flint. The previous removal was similar to that that removed the blank, being struck by a hard hammer and so giving a deeply concave dorsal surface to aid finger grip.Closely spaced semi-invasive flakework runs from next to the proximal end , up the left lateral margin and continuously around the distal end onto the shoulder of the right margin which is otherwise unworked.The sidescraper edge is sharp but is slightly ground with fine use damage around the distal end, particularly on a straight section just right of the distal end, This is comfortably produced by a right handed person using the tool with the ventral surface uppermost and a scraping action towards them.Chris Butler in 'Prehistoric Flintwork' illustrates a similar end and sidescraper on page 166, fig. 70, 7.
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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