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Description: | A complete knapped lithic implement of Neolithic date, circa 4000 - 2300 BC. The implement is a thumbnail scraper, designed to be held between the thumb and forefinger, formed from a secondary flake which is ovate in both plan and section. The ventral surface is smooth with a visible bulb of percussion and striking platform which are partly recorticated. The dorsal surface displays little working except around the distal edge which has short, abrupt, scaled retouch to create the scraping edge. The flint is a mid-white colour. The implement is 27.3mm long, 25.8mm wide, 7.4mm thick and weighs 4.9g.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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