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Description: | One incomplete knapped flint barbed and tanged arrowhead, dating to the Bronze Age, between 2150 - 800 BC (length: 31.5mm; width: 22mm; thickness: 3.5mm; weight: 1.9g).The arrowhead is broken along the outside edge and is possibly an unfinished piece as retouch is only present down one side of the artefact. One of the tangs is also missing as a result of the break. The artefact is dark grey in colour. Similar examples are illustrated in Bond, C, J, 2004, 'Guide to the Identification, Assessment and Recording of Lithics Version 1', pages 54 & 205-6, figs 5.13-5.15. Bond describes these arrowheads are being 'bifacially worked and mainly triangular and sub-triangular in outline. At the basal and proximal area two notches are flaked to form the tang and barbs.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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