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Description: | Flint arrowhead, triangular in plan and lozenge-shaped in profile and section, with a layer of cortex still remaining on both faces from th edge of the barb to the point at the distal end. The arrowhead has a central tang, but thetwo barbs are stuntedand triangulated rather than actual barbs, as seen in more developed examples where the barbsextend to the end of the tang.These barbsare at right-angles to the tang and end at the point where the tang begins.The dorsal face has been invasively retouched throughout, from all margins to meet at the slight medial ridge, and the ventral face has been retouched on all margins but not beyond. The flint is a mottled light to dark grey in colour, suggesting that it was probably derived from a local beach pebble. The length to breadth ratio is about 3:2.Bond (2004) illustrates similar barbed and tanged arrowheads on page 125, Fig.5.110, Sutton Type A(f), and on page 147, Fig.5.133, Nos.F182, which are dated fromthe Beaker period.Keene (1999) illustrates a similar arrowheads from Tywardreath and Polcoverack inCornwall on pages 12 & 30, Figs.51 & 18, right arrowhead and No.6, which date from the Beaker period to the Early Bronze Age.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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