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Description: | A thumbnail scraper of later Neolithic or Early Bronze Age date (2300 -1800BC). The scraper is formed on a fine, mid grey / black coloured good quality, tertiary flake of flint. The ventral face shows the bulb scar and point of percussion as well as conchoidal ripples; the prepared platform has been removed by subsequent flaking. The dorsal face has several removals / flake facets. These are most dense around the edge where a series of neat regular well applied secondary retouch can be seen. This has been well applied and forms a slightly serrated cutting / scraping edge that extends around three sides of the flake (in a horse-shoe shape). The form of retouch on the dorsal face is best described as being short stepped and abrupt. Little or no retouch is applied to the edges on the ventral face. This type of scraper is the most common type of tool found within flint assemblages of later Neolithic date, being a multi-function cutting and scraping tool which were infrequently hafted. This example is particularly well made and well preserved example. The scraper measures 18.8mm length, 22.9mm wide, 9.2mm thick and weighs 5.0 grams.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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