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Description: | A complete struck / knapped flint tanged arrowhead, of Middle Bronze Age dating (c. 2,400 BC to c. 1000 BC).The arrowhead is sub triangular in shape, with a square end tang located centrally. It has been made from a tertiary debitage flake as none of the original cortex (outer rind) is present. The ventral face is flat. The dorsal surface exhibits retouch along both edges and a central ridge. The retouch can be classified as Short / Sub parallel / low angle. It measures 38.0 mm in length, 17.8 mm wide and 6.4 mm thick. It weighs 3.4 g.The flint is a soft mid brown (honey) colour, with a creamy white patina present on the upper surfaces.A similar tanged arrowhead has been recorded on the PAS database as WMID-8417E0 and can be compared to those of the Sutton 'a' type which mainly occur in the Upper Thames region, Cotswolds and the Midlands (Green, 1980, page 119).Reference:Green, H.S., 1980. The Flint Arrowheads of the British Isles Oxford : BAR British Series 75I, pp 118-9 & 122
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An incomplete struck / knapped…
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