Record ID: SWYOR-F6BAD4
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: PALAEOLITHIC
County: Rotherham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A flint scraper which may date from the Late Paleolithic or Early Mesolithic periods. It is sub oval, pointed at one end, and is very curved, the ventral face being convex. It is 38.8mm long, 16mm wide and 8.3mm thick. The flake is a secondary flake with cortex on the dorsal face. The striking platform seems to be in the middle of one of the long sides, not at the end. There are vertical removal scars at the left hand end of the dorsal face, and lateral removal scars at the same end on the ventral face. There is abrupt retouch on the distal end and a point is formed at the right hand …
Created on: Friday 12th October 2007
Last updated: Saturday 4th May 2019
Spatial data recorded.