PALAEOLITHIC SCRAPER (TOOL)

-400000

A flake tool from the infamous Sharps Green causeway redeposited from Twydall pit and all the stratigraphy with it.Derek A. Roe on page 231 of 'The Lower and Middle Palaeolithic periods in Britain' says; 'amongst these the large majority are flakes and cores in the Clactonian manner although some Acheulian handaxes and a few cleavers are also present...The causeway probably contains the confused remnants of a fine Palaeolithic site with at least two major levels...'The tool may represent a unifacial proto-handaxe or be better classified as a nosed scraper.After the flake was removed from a large prismatic core a broad transverse flake was removed from the ventral surface, thinning it and perhaps improving the grip of the underside.The dorsal side is crested and the major ridge has been followed to a point on each converging margin with bold semi-invasive retouch. The tool offers the possibility of multi-tool use with a sharp straight edged scraper or knife available on the left margin, a distal point or awl and a more upright scraper on the left margin.The flint is deeply orange river stained and likely from local nodules.'The tool was given to a local who knew Sharps Green all his life with photos done against his window for daylight and drawing done on available lined paper with borrowed pen at his dwelling.