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ARROWHEAD
Unique ID: SWYOR-8E8923
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A leaf shaped flint arrowhead dating from the early Neolithic period, 3500-2500BC. It is flat on one side and convex on the other. A small piece has been chipped from one side; this chip displays patination and happened at some time in antiquity.There is invasive shallow retouch on the dorsal face, but little working on the ventral. The flint is patinated to white.
Similar arrowheads are illustrated in Butler, 2005, Prehistoric Flintwork, page 124.
Class: Neolithic
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 3500 BC
Date to: Circa 2500 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 30.1 mm
Width: 17 mm
Thickness: 3.9 mm
Weight: 1.89 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 22nd August 2011 - Wednesday 22nd February 2012
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 1779
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Rotherham (Metropolitan District)
District: Rotherham (Metropolitan District)
Parish or ward: Hooton Levitt (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SK5291
Four figure Latitude: 53.413255
Four figure longitude: -1.219148
1:25K map: SK5291
1:10K map: SK59SW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butler, C. | 2005 | Prehistoric Flintwork | Stroud | The History Press | 124 |
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