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ARROWHEAD
Unique ID: YORYM-7317F1
Object type certainty: Certain
A small, bifacially worked leaf-shaped arrowhead, dating to the Neolithic period. The arrowhead has been knapped out of flint and then pressure flaked, there is some retouch. The arrowhead has been bifacially worked into the leaf shape, it is oval with a slight point. This type of arrowhead dates to circa 3500 - 2150.
Class: Leaf-shaped
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa 3500 BC
Date to: Circa 2150 BC
Dimensions and weight
Length: 26.8 mm
Width: 18 mm
Thickness: 3.7 mm
Weight: 1.7 g
Quantity: 1
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Complete [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Spatial data
Region: Yorkshire And The Humber
County: East Riding Of Yorkshire
District: East Riding Of Yorkshire
To be known as: Rudston
Method of discovery: Metal detector
[scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]
Specific landuse: Character undetermined [scope notes]
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 24th October 2009
Personal details
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Recorded by: Mrs Liz Andrews-Wilson
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Identified by: Mrs Liz Andrews-Wilson - [view all attributed records]
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Created:
Wednesday 20th January 2010
Updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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