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LEAF ARROWHEAD
Unique ID: BH-925A72
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A pear-shaped flint arrowhead or point, dating from the Early Neolithic to Early Bronze Age.
Retouch to the dorsal surface is invasive, scaled to sub-parallel and low angle; on the ventral surface this retouch is particularly confined to the edges. The flint is mid-greyish-brown at the tip and a recorticated light grey at the base.
Length: 60.4mm; width: 40mm; thickness: 6.8mm. Weight: 16.95g.
Class: Pear-shaped
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa 4000 BC
Date to: Circa 1600 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 60.4 mm
Width: 40 mm
Thickness: 6.8 mm
Weight: 16.95 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 6th September 2015
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Ver 15/154 - 8
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: South Oxfordshire (District)
To be known as: Crowmarsh
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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