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Description: | A lithic implement; a flint barbed and tanged arrowhead probably dating from the Late Neolithic to the Early Bronze Age (2500 BC - 1500 BC). It has invasive working with scalar retouch and has a squared tang and rounded barbs. According to Butler (in Prehistoric Flintwork, page 164) it can be classed as a Sutton type arrowhead, one of the non-fancy barbed and tanged types. It weighs about 2g.The object was found in the same place as SWYOR-95AB74 which has been identified as a 19th or 20th century object. Flint knappers of this period such as Edward Simpson and Bill Basham were very skilled in making replicas of prehistoric objects, and these are now almost impossible to distinguish. As both objects are made of the same type of flint and are reported to have been found in the same place, it is possible that the arrowhead is also of modern date.
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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