Record ID: KENT-08E3A1
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A knapped flint side and end scraper, probably dating to Later Neolithic to Middle Bronze Age. The scraper is made from a primary flake; the cortex is visible on the dorsal side. The proximal end is truncated, and the distal end may have been round at one point; however, there is a chip taken out of the right side of the distal end, but this may have been intentional. The worked lateral edge is convex, whilst the opposite lateral edge is denticulated, and unworked. The retouch on the distal and lateral edges is minimal and is unifacial, however the retouch alternates between the dorsa…
Created on: Wednesday 14th September 2011
Last updated: Monday 26th September 2016
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Record ID: PUBLIC-725D63
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Early Neolithic flint scraper, possibly a horshoe type. The scraper is long and broad leaf shape, with a triangular cross section. The ventral surface is flat and has a bulb of percussion with radiating ripples. It has retouch along all edges is mostly unifacial with very minimal bifacial retouch along two edges. The dorsal surface retains some of the original cortex. The flint is light to dark gray and is not very opaque. It is 69.02 mm L x 33.76 mm W x 16.04 mm TH. It weighs 32.6 g.
Created on: Thursday 14th October 2010
Last updated: Monday 26th September 2016
Spatial data recorded.