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Description: | A complete knapped lithic implement of Neolithic date, circa 4000 - 2300BC. The implement is a scraper formed from a secondary flake which is ovate with a D-shaped section. The ventral surface is mostly smooth with a large flake removed from the right edge. The dorsal surface has had two large flakes removed from either r edge and a large patch of cortex is retained at the distal end. Crossed-abrupt, invasive and sub-parallel retouch is present along the distal edge forming the scraping surface.The flint is a dark grey colour with patches of a lighter chalky inclusions. The implement is 41.4mm long, 31mm wide, 11.4mm thick and weighs 14.6g.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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