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Description: | A worked / knapped piece of flint debitage that has been formed into a scraper, dating from the later Mesolithic to early Neolithic periods, circa 7000 - 3500 BC. The scraper is circular in plan and sub triangular in section. Cortex is present indicating that it is from the secondary phase of working of the core. The flint is even mid brown in colour, fine grained and translucent. Short, semi abrupt, parallel retouch is present on the dorsal face. Pronouced conchoidal ripples present on the ventral face. The scraper is unusually small.Length: 9.75mm. Width: 11.64mm. Thickness: 3.57mm. Weight: 0.39gA 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)
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