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Description: | A Transverse and chisel arrowhead worked on a flake of fine dark brown flint with small opaque cream inclusions. Before removal of the arrowhead blank, parallel flakes were removed that had the proximal ends of their negative scars truncated by the transverse removal forming the wide sharp, straight forward edge of the arrowhead. The proximal and distal ends of the flake blank were flaked away to leave symmetrical concave tapered blunt edges down to the tang using bifacial semi-abrupt retouch.There does seem to be a concentration of mostly undamaged often transverse arrowheads at this site. If they were lost in hunting then surely they should be dispersed and damaged. If they were lost from camps where arrowheads were being made then there should be more blanks and discarded failures or perhaps a preponderance of deliberate disposal as seen in burials. Some fine and apparently unused scrapers are also found here.Chris Butler in 'Prehistoric Flintwork' illustrates a similar chisel arrowhead on page 159, fig. 66, 3.
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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