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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 natural flake which is curved ovate in plan and sub-D-shaped in section. Both surfaces retain around 25% cortex and both have been invasively worked. The left edge has an inward curve which bears steep retouch.The flint is a dark bluish-grey colour with lighter inclusions. The implement is 68.9mm long, 27.2mm wide, 13.1mm thick and weighs 32g.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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