Scraper, side scraper
This multi-purpose stone tool is known as a side scraper. This example comes from North America, but scrapers are known from many time periods across the world. They could have been used in a wide variety of craft activities, for example wood or hide working.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 54/1948/91
- Category
- Ethnography
- Collection Class
- Tools for farm and craft
- Collection Area Region
- N
- Material
- chert
- Common Name
- scraper, side scraper
- Simple Name
- scraper (tool)
- Production County
- Gulf Coast
- Production Country
- United States of America
- Production Date
- Late Paleo-Early Archaic
- Production Year Low
- 9500BP
- Production Year High
- 7000BP
