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Description: | Incomplete flint leaf-shaped arrowhead, lozenge-shaped in plan, profile and section, but almost flat. The arrowhead has been bifacially worked on the right margin of the dorsal face and the left margin of the ventral face. The proximal end has been snapped off, and the end of the point at the distal end has also broken off, probably during use.The flint is a light grey-brown colour, slight translucent and probably knapped from a local beach pebble. The length to breadth ratio is almost 1:1, and would be if it was complete, making the piece almost square or rhomboid in plan.Bond (2004) identifies the type of arrowhead as Type 3Ak on page 124, Fig.5.107, and illustrates a similar example on page 133, Fig.5.119, No.F29, which are dated to the earlier Neolithic.Mercer (1997) illustrates a similar Type 3A arrowhead of diamond shape on page 27, Fig.10, No.L18, which is dated to the Neolithic period, c.4000-2700 BC.
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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