Record ID: PUBLIC-E75012
Object type: SCRAPER (TOOL)
Broad period: MESOLITHIC
County: Gateshead
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete mesolithic thumb scraper. Worked from a larger flake on one side with bulb of percussion and striking platform removed. Ripples travel from right to left on the unworked face. It has a curved profile with part of the cortex present on the worked face. Pressure flake have been removed contimuously from its end to its right hand side with possible retouching along the same edge. The flint is a brown grey colour and not very opaque.
Created on: Tuesday 23rd July 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd July 2013
Spatial data recorded.