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TRANSVERSE ARROWHEAD
Unique ID: PUBLIC-F69AE1
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A transverse arrowhead which has been bi-facially retouched and is a formalised tool.
The dorsal face exhibits invasive retouch possessing a scaled morphology.
The right margin of the dorsal face exhibits continuous retouch with a low angle and is of long type extent. This style of retouch is repeated on the left margin but is only partially distributed.
This tool is uniformly brown in colour.
Bond (2004) illustrates a similar example on p142, Fig 5.128, F130 which dates to the Late Neolithic.
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Royal Cornwall Museum
Subsequent action after recording: Donated to a museum
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 2500 BC
Date to: Circa 2100 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 34 mm
Width: 31.29 mm
Thickness: 5.1 mm
Weight: 4.8 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 7th January 2007 - Sunday 7th January 2007
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 456.1
Museum accession number: 2011.23
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
District: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Paul (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SW4526
Four figure Latitude: 50.079285
Four figure longitude: -5.565627
1:25K map: SW4526
1:10K map: SW46SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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 | 142 | 128, F130 |
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