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Description: | One incomplete knapped flint barbed and tanged arrowhead, dating to the Bronze Age, between 2150 - 800 BC (length: 31mm; width: 22.5mm; thickness: 6mm; weight: 2.7g).One of the side tangs and part of the central tang are missing as a result of the break. There is extensive retouch on both surfaces and the artefact is off-white/ 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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