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BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD
Unique ID: IOW-E3F608
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete Early Bronze Age barbed and tanged flint arrowhead (2350 BC-1601 BC).
The point and the tip of one barb are missing due to breaks.
This arrowhead is sub-triangular in plan and is long and slender. The sides flare evenly from the top towards the barbs of equal size which are shorter than the tang. The base of the tang is straight.
Fine pressure flaking scars covers the whole surface of the dorsal face. On the ventral face, the centre is largely flat and has diffuse ripples with retouch along both edges. This retouch is short, sub-parallel and low angled.
The flint is of variable colour from off-white to dark grey.
Height: 45.60mm; width: 16.78mm; thickness; 4.39mm; width of tang: 6.83mm; thickness of tang: 2.78mm. Weight: 2.71g.
Similar flint barb and tanged arrowheads are associated with the Beaker phase of the Late / final Neolithic and Early Bronze Age c. 2500 BC-1500 BC. This example fits into the sub-classification of non-Fancy barbed and tanged arrowheads best described as a Ballyclare type (Butler 2005: 163, after Green 1980).
Green, H. S. 1980. The Flint Arrowheads of the British Isles Oxford: BAR British Series 75I.
Butler, C. 2005. Prehistoric Flintwork. Tempus.
Notes:
Surface find in ploughsoil.
Find of note status
This is a find of note and has been designated: County / local importance
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Exactly 2350 BC
Date to: Exactly 1601 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Height: 45.6 mm
Width: 16.78 mm
Thickness: 4.39 mm
Weight: 2.71 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 9th March 2014
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: IOW2014-1-42
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
District: Isle of Wight (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Isle of Wight
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 | 163 | ||
| Green, H.S. | 1980 | The Flint Arrowheads of the British Isles | Oxford | BAR British Series 75 |
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