straitees
An end scraper which has a retouched end that is straight in form. If the tool blank is a blade, and the retouch is abrupt retouch rather than scraper retouch it would be called a truncated blade.


straight end scraper on a flake

An end scraper which has a retouched end that is straight in form, made on a blank that is a flake. If the tool blank is a flake, and the retouch is abrupt retouch rather than scraper retouch it would be called a truncated flake. Also see Brézillon 1977, 122. on types of truncation