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Description: | A worked / knapped flint debitage that has been formed into a scraper of Early to Middle Neolithic date, circa 4000-2700 BC. The debitage is broadly sub rectangular in plan and sub triangular in cross section. Cortex is present indicating that the scraper was formed from reworked secondary debitage. A section of light grey / yellow colour with a matte surface indicates a flaw or impurity within the flint, which is otherwise even, dark brown and slightly translucent to the edges. Short, parallel, semi-abrupt retouch present on the edge of the cortex, the tip and the opposing long edge of the dorsal face. The ventral face is uneven, probably due to the impurity of the flint. Possible retouch present on the ventral face, but more probably later plough damage.Length: 37.03mm. Width: 18.12mm. Thickness: 12.02mm. Weight: 7.20gA preliminary interpretation of the flints, prior to recording, by P Reavil is that the assemblage is indicative of a site used sporadically / periodically in the later Mesolithic period and more intensively in the Neolithic with the core use of the site being between Early - Middle Neolithic 4,000 BC - 2750 BC. With sporadic use in Late Neolithic / Early Bronze Age. (pers. comm. P. Reavil, March 2014)
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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