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Description: | A flint end scraper, probably dating from the Early to Mid Neolithic period (c. 4000 - 3300 BC).The tool is on a tertiary flake, sub-rectangular in plan and of trapezoidal cross section. Retouch, confined to the rounded distal end, is short and abrupt. Part of the striking platform survives, with an adjacent striking point, bulb and diffuse ripples on the ventral surface. The left hand mesial side has a flat surface; this is either a deliberate truncation or else is from the corner of a cuboidal core. The white surface of the exposed flint is indicative of deposition in alkaline soil.Length: 35mm; width: 26mm; thickness: 9.5mm. Weight: 8.56g.
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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