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LITHIC IMPLEMENT

Unique ID: SUSS-0CE9E7

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published Find published

An early Neolithic leaf-shaped flint arrowhead (circa 3500-2900 BC. This arrowhead has been bifacially worked (worked on both sides), so therefore no cortex remains and there is no evidence of the bulb of percussion. The arrowhead has been worked to a point, to be used as a projectile. There is evidence of retouch along the edges. The arrowhead is complete and is still quiet sharp. The flint has a light brownish-grey patina with patches of white.

Leaf-shaped arrowheads are characteristic of the early Neolithic. Barbed-and-tanged arrowheads came into use during the Beaker period of the early Bronze Age. Chisel or Oblique arrowheads were not made until the later Neolithic.

Class: Arrowhead
Sub class: Leaf-shaped

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 3500 BC
Date to: Circa 2900 BC

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 29.2 mm
Width: 17.8 mm
Thickness: 4.2 mm
Weight: 1.82 g

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 16th March 2004

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: East Sussex (County)
District: Wealden (District)
To be known as: Fletching

Spatial coordinates


Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Chance find during metal detecting
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

References cited

No references cited so far.

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Audit data

Recording Institution: SUSS
Created: 19 years ago
Updated: 13 years ago

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