Scraper
Scrapers are very common prehistoric stone tools found across the world. This example dates to the Mesolithic and was found at Westward Ho! in Devon. They were probably used for a wide variety of tasks such as cleaning hides or woodworking, and may have been set into wooden handles.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 42/2003/1
- Category
- Antiquities
- Collection Class
- Devon archaeology
- Collection Area Region
- Northern Europe
- Material
- flint/chert
- Common Name
- scraper
- Simple Name
- scraper (tool)
- Period Classification
- Mesolithic (10000-4000 BC)
