NEOLITHIC SCRAPER (TOOL)

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Flint scraper on a flake that is sub-rectangular in plan and section, and sub-triangular in profile. The distal end is narrower than the proximal. The dorsal face shows retouch on the right margin, some of it long. There is a band of cortex spreading in from the right side of the dorsal face. The image on the left side shows the right profile with the proximal end on the left of the drawing and the distal on the right.There is retouch on the proximal end and possibly use-wear. The flint is dark grey. There is secondary cortex and it is likely that it has derived from a local beach pebble.Mercer (1981) shows a similar scraper on page 133, Figure 58, Number L120.