Flake or scraper

[Older The Better]

I go back and forth flake or scraper. If it’s a flake it’s got a hinge fracture 3/4 of the edge I’m not sure if that’s possible but I also don’t see any indication of flaking on the back side. It does sort of look like there is edge work but again it looks like a hinge. Forgot one with a scale roughly an inch in length.

 

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[antmike915]

Scraper

 

[uniface]

This ^^^^

 

[dognose]

Definitely a "thumb" scraper type

Many found in my area like that. The secondary flaking along the edge is characteristic of this compared to a debitage flake

 

[Older The Better]

Thanks all, wasn’t sure if it was wishful thinking. I’ve been struggling to come up with much more than flakes and heavily broken tools. Just gotta keep at it there will be more goodies in the future


Broken base


Nice tip



Not sure why I like it so much, found in limestone rubble at a site, it was brought in likely from the river. Either they never got around to making it into something or the material wasn’t what they thought. Spent hundreds of hours at that spot, that’s the only rock I’ve ever found that isn’t limestone, sandstone, or shale... besides all the flint tools and flakes that is... it’s like a peek into a different side of life that gets less attention compared to stone tools and pottery and such.

 

[uniface]

Definitely a "thumb" scraper type

Many found in my area like that. The secondary flaking along the edge is characteristic of this compared to a debitage flake
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Lest people misunderstand :

Larger removals = flaking (edge creation/shaping).

Little edge nibbbles = use wear (evidence of use as a scraper on something hard like bone or antler).

FWIW

 

[Older The Better]

That’s an interesting point I’ll be on the lookout for usewar vs flaking

 

[MAMucker]

Definitely a "thumb" scraper type

Many found in my area like that. The secondary flaking along the edge is characteristic of this compared to a debitage flake
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Sometimes called Thumbnail Scrapers

 

[redbeardrelics]

Most likely a little thumbnail scraper as already identified, but it also reminds me of some of a locally made expedient gun flint? A close look at the fine chipping on the working edge may give more clues. Are the small pressure flakes and use/wear chips all on one side of the piece as might be expected if they were from use/wear and re-sharpening, or are there a few on the other face, and some appearing smashed or crushed as might be expected if they were produced by action of a gun flint strike?

 

[uniface]

If it had been used as a gun flint the flat side would have been uppermost, and chippage from use would have been on that face.

FWIW

 

[uniface]

Inadvertent double post.