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Description: | A complete knapped lithic implement of Bronze Age date, circa 2350 - 800 BC. The implement is a large and crude scraper formed from a tertiary flake which is sub-ovate in both plan and section. Both surfaces are irregular with numerous flakes having been removed.The flint is a dark grey colour with lighter inclusions. The implement is 66.5mm long, 56.9mm wide, 15.5mm thick and weighs 59g.Scrapers are fairly ubiquitous throughout prehistory and are generally less chronologically distinctive than other artefact types. They had many different functions 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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