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Description: | A worked / knapped flint thumb nail scraper of later Neolithic date, circa 2700 - 2350 BC. The scraper is circular in plan and lentoid in cross section. The flint is heavily patinated in an even light grey / blue colour. Evidence of burning on all surfaces. No cortex is present indicating that the scraper was formed from the tertiary phase of working of the core. The dorsal and ventral faces of the scraper are uncertain. The retouch is heavily abraded and difficult to discern. The striking platform is intact with long, crossed abrupt retouch present on all other edges.Length: 22.02mm. Width: 21.70mm. Thickness: 9.91mm. Weight: 5.2gA 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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