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Description: | Flint chisel or transverse arrowhead, triangular in plan and lozenge-shaped in profile and section. There is invasive retouch on the left margin of the dorsal face, up to the medial ridge, and the right margin of the ventral face, but only slightly oblique retouch on the left margin of the ventral face. There is also retouch at the distal end on the dorsal face.
The flint is a translucent dark grey-brown colour, possibly made from Beer Head flint found in Devon. The length to breadth ratio is about 1:1 which is common for this type of arrowhead as it was made from a square blank. No cortex remains on the surface of the flint, which suggests that it is a tertiary flake.
Bond (2004) illustrates a similar example on page 53, No.F21, which is identified as a chisel arrowhead, and another example on page 152, Fig.5.136, No.F144, which is identified as a transverse arrowhead (Green's 1980 typology) which he dates from the Later Neolithic to the Early Bronze Age. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | -2500
-1500 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Anna Tyacke | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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