Lithic tool
A small notch made in a flint flake turns it into a scraping tool, which could be used for shaping wooden arrow shafts. Such simple tools can be made in a few minutes when needed and then discarded. This one was found in north Devon.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 75/1992/1
- Category
- Antiquities
- Collection Class
- Devon archaeology
- Collection Area Region
- Northern Europe
- Material
- flint
- Common Name
- lithic tool
- Simple Name
- lithic implement
- Period Classification
- Neolithic (4000-2200 BC)
