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Description: | A complete Late Neolithic flint transverse arrowhead (2500 BC-2100 BC).This chisel type implement has been made on a tertiary flake and is sub-triangular in plan. On the ventral face it has ripples from a percussion point situated at one side and these extend to the opposite side. The bulb of percussion is absent. The dorsal face has three main flake removals and the central one is in the form of a bladelet. There is finer working to produce a sharp edge on the two straight longer sides of the dorsal face. The arrises are sharp and the cutting edge is unmodified and evenly curved. It was probably hafted into a wooded shaft at the narrower butt end.This arrowhead is in good condition. The surfaces are shiny, mid-grey with creamy mottling.31.9 x 35.1 x 6.9mm. Weight: 5.44g.Similar shaped arrowheads have been published and dated to the Later Neolithic period (Butler 2005: 158-159, fig. 66, refs: 2 and 4).Similar arrowheads have been recorded on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database. For example, see finds: GLO-219702; WILT-D0EE85, SOM-A13E46, LEIC-647F30, SUR-FF1711, SUSS-9F5BD6 and SWYOR-FD22A0.
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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