Stone scraper, light orange in colour. [MJD 21/05/2010]

Collection type: Object
Description: Stone scraper, light orange in colour. [MJD 21/05/2010]
Long description: Stone scraper, light orange in colour. The distal edge is retouched. The proximal edge has an abrupt retouch. [MJD 21/05/2010]
Geographical reference: South Africa
Africa > Southern Africa > South Africa; Eastern Cape Province near Sandflats
Person: Field collector Penelope Ward; PRM source Penelope Ward
Date / Period: Archaeological period: Later Stone Age Wilton
Date collected: By 1935
Acquisition information: Donated: 1935
Materials and processes: Material Stone, Process Retouched
Dimensions: Length: max 17 mm proximal to distal, Width: max 22 mm, Thick: max 5 mm, Weight 3 g
Object numbers: Accession number: 1935.9.38
Research and responses: P. Mitchell as part of the Swan Fund project, summer 2002, suggests that these may not all be end-scrapers. Some would definitely be described as side-scrapers. [CRFW 16/9/2002]

Search terms: Tool, Scraper, Flake

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