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Description: | A flint scraper of probable Early to Middle Neolithic date (c. 4000 - 3300 BC).The tool is suboval in plan, irregular in section and has been soft-hammer-struck. This is a secondary flake, the striking platform covered with cortex, indicating that the tool has been made from a natural nodule or roughly worked core. The lack of arrises on the dorsal surface also attests to this fact. Retouch has occurred at the rounded distal end, continuing to approximately halfway down the left-hand mesial edge, and is long, abrupt and scaled. Contact with alkaline soil has resulted in the formation of a white surface.Length: 45mm; width: 29.4mm; thickness: 10mm. Weight: 15.11g.
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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