File:A flint end-scraper, Late Palaeolithic (FindID 145172).jpg

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A flint end-scraper, Late Palaeolithic
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Colchester Museums, Laura Pooley, 2006-10-06 10:09:49
Title
A flint end-scraper, Late Palaeolithic
Description
English: The end-scraper is on a broken blade with maximum dimensions of 55 x 23 x 6mm. The scraper edge is located at the distal end of the blade and formed by direct, semi-abrupt retouch. The opposite end of the blade is broken and characterised by a ‘languette’ fracture. The negative scars on the dorsal side of the blade are uni-directional. There is a small plage of cortex near the distal end of the artefact indicating that the tool was made on a blade from an early stage in the core reduction sequence. The profile of the blade is noticeably straight. Although not unusual, some scrapers are markedly curved in profile and exhibit a ‘hooked’ working edge which is said to be a characteristic of hideworking tools. In this case, there is no curvature in profile and the edge angle of the scraper front is relatively steep (60°), implying one or more episodes of re-sharpening. The lateral edges of the tool display discontinuous areas of retouch and some nicking, which may have been incurred during the use or replacement in a haft. The fact that most of these retouch and damage scars have the same bluish-white patination as the rest of the blade suggests they were broadly contemporary and unlikely to be examples of post-depositional damage.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Essex
Date PALAEOLITHIC
Accession number
FindID: 145172
Old ref: ESS-61BCA1
Filename: Flint3a.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/115990
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/115990/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/145172
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Object location51° 49′ 07.68″ N, 1° 01′ 28.7″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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