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Description: | Neolithic to early Bronze Age (c. 4000 to 1000BC) scraper: The scraper appears to be knapped from a tertiary flake which is oval. The dorsal surface has multiple negative scars which are obliquely angled across the face. The distal end and lateral edges, on the dorsal surface, has short sub-parallel semi-abrupt re-touch. The ventral surface has a prominent bulb of percussion, bulbar scars and conchoidal ripples. The scraper is knapped from flint which has a mottled and spotted mid and light grey patination. The scraper, measures 46.41mm long, 40.26mm wide and 7.96mm thick. It weighs 19.09g.The scraper is probably a rounded/ end and side scraper and dates to the Neolithic or early Bronze Age periods, c. 4000 to 1000BC.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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