Scraper
This flint thumbnail or button scraper was found at Beer Head in Devon. These tools get their name from their distinctive rounded shape and their size. This example dates to the Neolithic period but scrapers are known from many time periods across the world.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 102/1934/124
- Category
- Antiquities
- Collection Class
- Devon archaeology
- Collection Area Region
- Northern Europe
- Material
- flint
- Common Name
- scraper
- Simple Name
- scraper
- Period Classification
- Neolithic (4000-2200 BC)
