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Description: | An incomplete Neolithic leaf-shaped flint arrowhead (3500 BC-2500 BC). This arrowhead is invasively worked on both faces and the tip and the base are missing due to breaks. It is unclear whether the breaks are old or new.The arrowhead is semi-translucent and mainly grey in color with some creamy mottling.This arrowhead is in perfect condition apart from the breaks.36.3 x 18.6 x 4.8mm. Weight: 3.40g.The implement does not exactly conform to the Green or Clark typology in Butler 2005 but seems to be quite close to Clark's Type 1 (Butler 2005: 124, ref: 1).Butler 2005: 124-125 comments:'The leaf-shaped arrowhead would have been hafted into the end of a wooden arrow shaft, and held in place with resin and twine. Both the bifacial and partially-flaked types would have been functional arrowheads, although the bifacial varieties would have taken much longer to make and probably required a skill beyond the abilities of most individuals. It is possible that some bifacial arrowheads were 'fancy' types made for show and ritual ceremonies, whilst the partially-flaked types were quickly made and mass-produced for hunting and warfare. The numerous isolated finds of bifacial leaf-shaped arrowheads do however suggest that they were also used for hunting. This type of arrowhead is found in association with early Neolithic pottery and early and middle Neolithic monuments such as causewayed enclosures and long barrows, where it has been suggested they may have been the cause of death of some individuals. Although they have also been found in some later Neolithic and early Bronze Age contexts, there is no definite evidence to suggest they continued in use after the middle Neolithic.'
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