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Description: | Neolithic (c. 4000 to 2350BC) probable scraper or knife.The scraper/knife appears to be knapped from a tertiary debitage waste flake. The flint is sub-oval in plan with a small amount of cortex present on the proximal end. The dorsal surface has stepped, invasive, low-angle, re-touch, whilst the ventral has short, sub-parallel, low-angled re-touch on the opposite long edge. Further, the ventral face has a pronounced bulb of percussion and conchoidal ripples set at 90 degrees to the working on the dorsal face. The scraper/knife is made from a translucent dark to mid-grey coloured flint. Reworking of debitage is often seen in Neolithic flint tools, further evidence for dating is that the ventral and dorsal faces having been worked in opposite directions.From the distal to proximal end it measures 31.2mm long, 20.3mm wide, 6.1mm thick and weighs 3.9g.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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