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ARROWHEAD

Unique ID: HAMP-CF2F28

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A barbed and tanged flint arrowhead, probably Late Neolithic in date (based on the most similar examples in Bond (2004, 147; ref. 180). One barb is broken with the point missing. The tang is relatively thick (6.9mm) and appears off centre due to a small chip. The point of the head is also snapped off.

Class: Barbed and tanged

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 2500 BC
Date to: Circa 2100 BC

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 18.9 mm
Width: 16.9 mm
Thickness: 3.3 mm
Weight: 1 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 19th May 2007

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: E2146

Materials and construction

Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: Vale of White Horse (District)
Parish or ward: Kingston Bagpuize with Southmoor (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SU4198
Four figure Latitude: 51.679275
Four figure longitude: -1.408414
1:25K map: SU4198
1:10K map: SU49NW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Other chance find
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

Author	Publication Year	Title	Publication Place	Publisher	Pages	Reference
Bond, C.	2005	PAS Guide to the Identification, Assessment and Recording of Lithics	London	The Portable Antiquities Scheme	147	F180

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Recording Institution: HAMP
Created: 16 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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