End scraper found at the Morton Mesolithic Settlement, Fife

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Mesolithic end scrapers, 6,000 - 8,000 years ago

Field collection: Mesolithic Morton excavation, Tayport, Fife
Collected by Dr John Coles

Donated by Mr GC Sim
Museum number 1976-940-1=2

End scrapers were used for heavier jobs than the small round scrapers, perhaps cutting skins.
One of these blades is flint; the other is the flint substitute called chert.