ARROWHEAD
Unique ID: SOM-D020D1
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published 
Possibly an incomplete Late Neolithic flint oblique arrowhead. Made on a secondary flake with a small area of cortex remaining near the lower edge. Sub-triangular in shape. The longest edge is straight before curving outwards at the lower end and continues downwards to form a barb. The other edge is straight, both joining to form a point at the tip. The base is a concave curve. Long, scaler semi-abrupt retouch along the short edge. Scalar to sub-parallel invasive retouch across the tip of the barb, semi-abrupt at the edges and shallow over the top. The flint is dark grey with paler, opaque, patches. Length: 28.9mm, Width: 18.8mm, Thickness: 5.5mm, Weight: 2.05g.
The arrowhead is too thick at the unworked section covered in cortex where it would have been hafted if complete. This, and the lack of retouch down the long edge suggests it was abandoned incomplete.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: NEOLITHIC [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Subperiod to: Early
Date from: Circa 2500 BC
Date to: Circa 2100 BC
Dimensions and weight
Length: 28.9 mm
Width: 18.8 mm
Thickness: 5.5 mm
Weight: 2.05 g
Quantity: 1
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 16th November 2011
Personal details
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Recorded by: Ms Laura
Burnett
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Identified by: Ms Laura
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: SCC reciept 20884
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Incomplete [scope notes | view all attributed records]
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Spatial metadata
Region: South West
County: Somerset
District: Taunton Deane
To be known as: Bishops Lydeard
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
Discovery metadata
Method of discovery: Other chance find [scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land[scope notes]
References cited
No references cited so far.
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Created:
Sunday 11th March 2012
Updated: Wednesday 27th March 2013
