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ARROWHEAD
Unique ID: SF-8F05E2
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete Neolithic flint leaf-shaped arrowhead. It is roughly oval in form, but with a straight break across the distal end. It is not clear whether this was deliberate or not. The dorsal face is covered with long, invasive, parallel scaled retouch. There is a small amount of short scaled retouch around the outside of the ventral face only. The flint is brown-grey in colour with lighter milky patches in places.
This form of arrowhead is typical of the earlier Neolithic.
Length: 33.86mm, width: 16.86mm, thickness: 4.15mm, weight: 2.77g
Class: Leaf-shaped
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Exactly 4000 BC
Date to: Exactly 3501 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 33.86 mm
Width: 16.86 mm
Thickness: 4.15 mm
Weight: 2.77 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st April 2015
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Suffolk Coastal (District)
To be known as: Shottisham
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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