Scraper
This multi-purpose stone tool is known as a scraper. This example has been made on a reused biface preform. Scrapers are known from many time periods all across the world. They could have been used in a wide variety of craft activities, for example wood or leather working.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 54/1948/81
- Category
- Ethnography
- Collection Class
- Tools for farm and craft
- Collection Area Region
- N
- Material
- chert (heat-treated)
- Common Name
- scraper
- Simple Name
- scraper
- Production County
- South East USA
- Production Country
- United States of America
- Production Date
- Late Paleo-Indian-Early Archaic
- Production Year Low
- 10000BP
- Production Year High
- 8000BP
