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BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD
Unique ID: DENO-49F6AE
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Near complete flint barbed and tanged arrowhead dating from the Middle Bronze Age. The flint is a semi-opaque amber-brown colour. The arrowhead is an elongated pointed oval in section and is a straight-sided triangle in plan. The tang is broad with narrower barbs to either side one of which is mostly missing - It is not possible to determine the original length of these barbs in relation to the tang. The arrowhead is worked on both faces with covering, scaled, low-angle retouch. According to Green's 1980 classification system this example most closely represents an arrowhead of Conygar Hill type . Arrowheads of this type are typically dated to the Middle Bronze Age period as c.1600 BC - 1000 BC.
For reference see Butler, C., 2005, 'Prehistoric Flintwork', p. 165 figure 69, number 4.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 1600 BC
Date to: Circa 1000 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 31.19 mm
Width: 18.23 mm
Thickness: 5.77 mm
Weight: 2.5 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st January 2013 - Saturday 2nd February 2013
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Other reference: Email Enquiry (Brewhouse)
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: City of Nottingham (Unitary Authority)
District: City of Nottingham (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Basford (Unitary Authority Ward)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK5542
Four figure Latitude: 52.97254167
Four figure longitude: -1.18243848
1:25K map: SK5542
1:10K map: SK54SE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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