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LEAF ARROWHEAD
Unique ID: SWYOR-783BF3
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A flint leaf shaped arrowhead dating from the Neolithic to the Early Bronze Age period (4000 BC - 1000 BC). The arrowhead is formed on a flake of tan coloured flint. It is a pointed oval in plan and in section. It is bifacially worked with long, scaled, low-angle retouch on all the sides. On the dorsal face, the retouch is restricted to the edges. The ogival arrowhead is 25.2mm long, 14.2mm wide and 2.7mm thick. 0.91g.
Subsequent actions
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 4000 BC
Date to: Circa 1000 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 25.2 mm
Width: 14.2 mm
Thickness: 2.7 mm
Weight: 0.91 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st January 1920 - Tuesday 31st December 1929
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: PAS form number 2488
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Crosby and Park (Unitary Authority Ward)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SE9013
Four figure Latitude: 53.60583987
Four figure longitude: -0.6412854
1:25K map: SE9013
1:10K map: SE91SW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.
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