File:Palaeolithic end scraper (terminal, plan, profile and reverse). (FindID 962472).jpg

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Palaeolithic end scraper (terminal, plan, profile and reverse).
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Birmingham Museums Trust, Angie Bolton, 2019-07-12 15:57:59
Title
Palaeolithic end scraper (terminal, plan, profile and reverse).
Description
English: Lower Palaeolithic end scraper knapped from a quartzite Bunter cobble from the Triassic period. The scraper is a sub-oval with the ventral surface having a possibly two flake scars at the proximal end, the scar has a step fracture. The dorsal surface has flake removal at the distal end which abrupt re-touch with at least four flake removals to form the scraping edge.

There are no visible hammerstone marks on the surface, but the scraper is heavily rolled, therefore the flake scar edges are very blunt and curved.

The scraper measures 72.99mm long, 68.01mm wide, 33.47mm thick and weighs 228g.

The object has been identified as an end scraper and dating it is difficult as the area it was found in is on the edge of three glacial zones MIS 10, 8 and 6 and may be pre-Anglian stage, therefore there is a broad date range of before 480,000 BC to c. 193,000 BC. However, there is the possibility that this was also knapped and used in a later period so a the Lower Paleolithic date is only a probable date.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Staffordshire
Date between 480000 BC and 193000 BC
Accession number
FindIdentifier: 962472
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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/1065086
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/1065086/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/962472
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(Reusing this file)		 Attribution License
Object location52° 37′ 15.96″ N, 1° 43′ 51.89″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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