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Description: | A complete knapped lithic implement of late Bronze Age date, circa 1000 - 800 BC. The implement is a crude scraper formed from natural flake which is ovate in shape and section. The ventral and dorsal surfaces are irregular. Abrupt, short and parallel retouch is present along the distal edge.The flint is a dark black colour. The implement is 43.8mm long, 39.4mm wide, 13.1mm thick and weighs 24.9g.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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