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LEAF ARROWHEAD
Unique ID: WMID-137057
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An early Neolithic flint leaf shaped arrowhead. The arrowhead has been finely finished, with invasive retouch applied to the entire surface of the dorsal face. The ventral face has also been retouched, although on this side the retouch is confined to the edges, butt and tip of the arrowhead. There is an interesting cone shaped flaw in the flint on the lower right side of the flint. The arrowhead is lozenge shaped in plan and lentoid in section. It measures 25.9 mm long, 16.9 mm wide, 3.6 mm thick and weighs 1.6 grams. The flint is a pale brown in colour and is slightly transluscent.
Class: leaf shaped
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 3500 BC
Date to: Circa 2500 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 25.9 mm
Width: 16.9 mm
Thickness: 3.6 mm
Weight: 1.6 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st January 2010 - Saturday 31st July 2010
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Staffordshire (County)
District: Lichfield (District)
Parish or ward: Lichfield (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK1009
Four figure Latitude: 52.67861
Four figure longitude: -1.853528
1:25K map: SK1009
1:10K map: SK10NW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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