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Description: | A complete knapped lithic implement of Neolithic to Early Bronze Age date (4000 - 1600BC). The tool is knapped from a tertiary flake with a prominent waves on the ventral face and a small lip at the proximal end, suggestive of hard hammer percussion. There are further large flake removal scars on the dorsal surface which forms a possible piercing point at the distal end. The left medial edge of the dorsal face forms a curve and has further short stepped semi-abrupt retouch creating a scraping edge.The flint is an opaque dark brown grey, with occasional large white patches. The implement is 46.18mm in length, 23.76mm wide, 10.46mm wide and weighs 7.87g. Butler describes piercers, scrapers and combination tools with similar illustrated examples (2005, p.169).
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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