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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 ovate with a sub-D-shaped section. Both surfaces are irregular with numerous smaller flakes having been removed. A patch of cortex remains on the dorsal surface. Abrupt short, scaled retouch is present along the distal edge to form the rough scraping edge. The flint is a mid-grey colour. The implement is 56.2mm long, 48.7mm wide, 15.5mm thick and weighs 47.5g.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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