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Description: | Incomplete flint petit tranchet arrowhead, trapezoidal in plan, and slightly plano-convex in profile and section, but very thin. The arrowhead has been unifacially worked on the right and left margins of the dorsal face and there has been a large flake taken off the distal end to create a chisel-like edge. The proximal end has been snapped off, probably to make the arrowhead better for hafting, parallel to the chisel edge which is typical of petit tranchet arrowheads.The flint is a mottled brown to dark grey colour and was probably knapped from a local beach pebble. There is dark staining or discolouration on the surface of the arrowhead, due to organics, as it had probably been in black, very organic rich soil originally and was then washed out onto the 'beach' of granitic sand and gravel where it was found. The length to breadth ratio is almost 1:1, but as it is incomplete, with a damaged chisel end, it would have had a greater length originally.Bond (2004) illustrates similar petit tranchet arrowheads on page 124, Fig.5.108, Letter a, and on page 152, Fig.5.136, No.F142, which are dated to the Later Neolithic period.Butler (2005) illustrates a similar petit tranchet arrowhead on page 159, Fig.66, No.7, which is dated to the Later Neolithic period.Keene (1999) illustrates a similar Neolithic petit tranchet derivative from Dartmoor on page 55, Fig.3, No.7.
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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