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Description: | A flint arrowhead of probable Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age date.The artefact is triangular in plan, the two converging sides being around twice as long as the horizontal bottom side. Both surfaces display evidence of retouch, which has created a lenticular cross section. The retouch is confined to the edges of the piece, the central areas retaining what is either an original cortex layer or, more likely, a recortified surface. If the latter, then it is possible that this arrowhead has been cut down from a previously made tool. The remainder of the flint is black and displays little patination.Dimensions: 35.2mm long, 18.9mm wide, 7.7mm thick. Weight: 4.27g.According to Stephen Green, it is thought by some people that triangular arrowheads represent blanks for barbed and tanged arrowheads (1980: 142). The form of this piece, in particular its thickness and the deliberate creation of a wedge like bottom edge, would suggest that it is actually a completed object. The majority of excavated examples have turned up in early to mid second millennium BC contexts, often in association with Beaker period assemblages (ibid.); however, as Butler points out, triangular arrowheads are also known from Late Neolithic assemblages (2005: 160).
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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