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LEAF ARROWHEAD
Unique ID: NLM-C21E20
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
Grey-buff flint leaf arrowhead. A large flat ogival arrowhead with a rounded base. Both sides bear fine angled scalar covering retouch. Dense white patina suggests the object endured a long period of exposure after its deposition. The tip is lost to a more recent break; this was adventitious damage as it interrupts patina. The broad bladed form would be ideal for a hunting arrowhead intended to promote blood loss from the quarry, to weaken it and to facilitate pursuit with hunting dogs. Suggested date: Neolithic, 4000-2350 BC.
Length: 38.5mm, Width: 21.8mm, Thickness: 4.3mm, Weight: 3.82gms.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 4000 BC
Date to: Circa 2350 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 38.5 mm
Width: 21.8 mm
Thickness: 4.3 mm
Weight: 3.82 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 2nd February 2016
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM31573
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: East Lindsey (District)
To be known as: Binbrook
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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