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Description: | A complete knapped lithic implement of late Bronze Age date, circa 1000 - 800BC. The implement is a crude scraper formed from a hard hammered secondary flake which is sub-triangular with a D-shaped section. The ventral surface is relatively smooth with visible ripples of percussion radiating from the bulb of percussion. The dorsal surface is irregular with an irregular patch of cortex to the proximal portion. Abrupt, short and scaled retouch is present along the distal edge forming the scraping surface.The flint is a mid-grey colour with patches of a lighter chalky inclusion. The implement is 41.9mm long, 37.1mm wide, 11mm thick and weighs 18.1g.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: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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