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Description: | A complete Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age barbed-and-tanged flint arrowhead. (2300-1500 BC).This arrowhead is symmetrical and sub-triangular in plan, pointed-oval in cross-section It is sub-triangular in plan, pointed oval in cross-section and is light grey and semi-translucent with a reddish tinge.The arrowhead has been bi-facially knapped using a number of different techniques using percussion as well as pressure flaking. Both faces of the arrowhead have been invasively retouched to create sharp edges to the blade of the arrowhead. In plan, the sides of the blade are slightly concave.This arrowhead is similar to the group described within Butler (who is summarising Green's': Flint Arrowheads of the British Isles') and best described as a non-fancy barbed-and-tanged arrowhead being similar to the Sutton type with no barbs (E) and a squared off tang (F).26.19 x 17.23 x 4.83mm. Weight: 1.41g.Butler 2005: 164, fig. 68, ref: 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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