SUSS-7542F1: Late Neolithic - Middle Bronze Age barbed and tanged arrowhead

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ARROWHEAD

Unique ID: SUSS-7542F1

Object type certainty: Certain
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Knapped flint barbed and tanged arrowhead dating from the Late Neolithic to Middle Bronze Age (c. 2500 BC – c.1150 BC). The arrowhead is bifacially worked and sub-triangular in plan, with two notches in the base, between a central tang and a barb at either side. Both barbs have broken off with only the stub of one remaining; the tip has also broken off. The arrowhead has invasive shallow scaler retouch on both faces, with an unretouched area in the centre of one face. The flint is pale grey. It is 33.3mm long, 20.7mm wide and 3.9mm thick; it weighs 2.67 grams. In “Guide to the Identification, Assessment and Recording of Lithics”, Bond (2004, p.205) comments that the date range for barbed and tanged arrowheads is taken to be implicated, in Wessex in particular, with the onset of the Beaker cultural phase but also continues in use through the Early Bronze Age into the Middle Bronze Age.

Subsequent actions

Current location of find: Horsham Museum
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Chronology

Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: 2500 BC
Date to: 1150 BC

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 23.3 mm
Width: 21.9 mm
Thickness: 4 mm
Weight: 1.64 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 12th May 2009

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Materials and construction

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

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: West Sussex (County)
District: Horsham (District)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TQ1730
Four figure Latitude: 51.057431
Four figure longitude: -0.331925
1:25K map: TQ1730
1:10K map: TQ13SE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Gardening
Current location: Horsham Museum
General landuse: Other
Specific landuse: Allotment

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Recording Institution: SUSS
Created: 13 years ago
Updated: 11 years ago

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