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Description: | A complete knapped lithic implement of Bronze Age date, circa 2350 - 800 BC. The implement is a large crude scraper formed from a tertiary flake which is ovate in both plan and section. Both surfaces are irregular with numerous flakes having been removed from various directions.The flint is a mid orangey-brown colour with lighter inclusions. The implement is 47.4mm long, 61.2mm wide, 20.6mm thick and weighs 69g.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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