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Description: | Flint projectile point, possibly a spearhead rather than an arrowhead, with unimarginal worked edges on all margins of the dorsal face. There is continuous retouch around the entire margin, including the butt end or distal end, which is slightly recessed, creating a haft element. The proximal end is pointed and slightly to the right of the medial line. The vental face is untouched, unlike various piercing tools of the time.The flint is a buff to brown colour, probably made from a local beach pebble, with a small amount of cortex remaining at the distal end, which suggests it is a secondary flake. The length to breadth ratio is about 2:1.Bond (2004) illustrates a similar but smaller triangular arrowhead on page 146, Fig.5.132, No.37, which is dated to the Beaker period, and a transverse arrowhead on page 152, Fig.5.136, No.F148, which is dated to the Later Neolithic.Keene (1999) illustrates similar but smaller transverse arrowhead from Somerset on page 100, Fig.3, No.55, which is dated from the Late Neolithic to the Early Bronze Age.
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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