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Description: | An irregular leaf-shaped very coarse flint or chert arrowhead of probable Neolithic date (2900 - 2150 BC). The arrowhead has been broken in the ploughsoil and several edges and the tip have been removed. The arrowhead is lentoid (sub-rectangular) in plan and lentoid in cross section. It has been knapped from a very poorly quality mid orange / yellow coloured coarse flint. Both faces of the arrowhead have been pressure (ripple) flaked with a series of small neat narrow facets. Much of this rippled surface has been flaked with much skill (especially given the poor nature of the flint). Both long edges exhibit areas of secondary flaking or retouch and has been applied to both faces . Beneath the ripple flaking older transverse thinning scars are present. Apart from the damage to the point there is other slight / minor damage to the arrowhead from movement in the ploughsoil.The arrowhead measures 36.1mm in length, 18.5mm maximum width, is 5.5mm thick and weighs 4.28 grams. | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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