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LEAF ARROWHEAD
Unique ID: PUBLIC-A2BF51
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
A thin lenticular section bifacially worked leaf-shaped arrowhead of cream flecked grey-brown flint. Pressure flaking has partly covered both sides with flake scars. However a lot of the ventral side of the flake blank remains as do some of a pair of original dorsal scars.The edge is finished and nearly straight but the side view is almost banana shaped in profile as the knapper has had to fight the natural shape of a struck flake and not done enough to totally remove its form. The arrowhead is complete and of a pleasing symmetrical leaf shape. It appears that it was surplus and not selected for hafting; rather it was used in hand with a diagonal line of use gloss running from a small area of the edge towards the tip. Other leafs and transverse types are found nearby.
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Heamoor
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 4500 BC
Date to: Circa 1500 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 36.9 mm
Width: 21.6 mm
Thickness: 4.7 mm
Weight: 3.4 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 11th February 2013 - Monday 11th February 2013
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 664.1
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)
To be known as: Lesingey
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butler, C. | 2005 | Prehistoric Flintwork | Stroud | The History Press | 123 | fig 48, 1B |
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