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Description: | A complete knapped lithic implement of late Mesolithic to early Neolithic date, circa 7000 - 3500BC. The implement is a multi-purpose tool featuring a scraper and awl. The object is formed from a tertiary flake which is ovate with a D-shaped section. The ventral surface is relatively smooth with a fracture along the right edge. The dorsal surface is irregular with numerous flakes having been removed. Abrupt, short and sub-parallel retouch is present along the distal edge forming the scraping surface and continues in to the right edge to form what may represent a hollow scraper edge. A pointed projection extends from proximal edge which again displays abrupt, short and sub-parallel retouch.The flint is a grey colour with patches of a lighter and darker inclusions and a small amount of iron staining on the surface. The implement is 43.7mm long, 29.6mm wide, 9.5mm thick and weighs 13.7g.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. Awls were used for working perforations into light materials.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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