File:Horseshoe scraper (FindID 521256).jpg

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horseshoe scraper
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Copyright retained by illustrator, Graham Hill, 2012-09-19 19:15:22
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horseshoe scraper
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English: A horse-shoe scraper worked on a short and very thick flake of dark brown flint containing large diffuse and light grey inclusions. The steep sides have been boldy semi-abruptly flaked with much finer abrupt finishing retouch around the distal end, slightly undercutting and forming a smooth and symmetrical convex plan. The large patch of remaining nodular cortex on the right dorsal surface would help to make the tool easier to hold. The flakework produces a slight narrowing towards the proximal end but the implied hafting by this feature would be a challenge due to the great thickness. The left margin towards the proximal end continues the narrowing retouch on the ventral side of that edge. The proximal end and bulb of percussion have been flaked away but there is no retouch unlike a round scraper. Indeed the denticulated edge is uncomfortable to hold and after all might help to embed into the handle.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Kent
Date between 2900 BC and 1100 BC
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FindID: 521256
Old ref: PUBLIC-A03E32
Filename: DSCF1176.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/397526
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/397526/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/521256
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