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Description: | An incomplete knapped or flaked flint leaf shaped arrowhead, of Neolithic dating (c. 3500 BC to c. 2500 BC).The arrowhead is approximately 90% complete, missing the pointed tip. The arrowhead is leaf shaped in plan, and would have consisted of a pointed oval shape with a semi circular base. It has been made from a piece of tertiary debitage as no cortex (outer rind) is present on either the dorsal (upper) or ventral (lower) faces. Both faces exhibit a large amount of controlled flaking, with retouch present along the edges.It measures 29.9 mm in length, 18.9 mm wide and 3.3 mm thick. It weighs 2.0 g.The arrowhead has been made from a light grey coloured flint and is opaque.This arrowhead is consistent with a Green type 3A, one of the more frequently occurring types of leaf arrowhead, and is considered to be of Neolithic dating (c. 3500 BC to c. 2500 BC).Reference:Green, H.S. 1980. The Flint Arrowheads of the British Isles. BAR British Series 75(i).Oxford.
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