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BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD
Unique ID: NLM-423161
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Pale grey flint barbed and tanged arrowhead. Sub-triangular flake with covering angled scalar retouch across both sides. Short abrupt retouch executed from both dorsal and ventral aspects defines a short slightly pointed tang; there are no barbs nor sign of their loss though the edge is chipped. Suggested date: Early Bronze Age, 2350-1600 BC.
Length: 23.7mm, Width: 17.9mm, Thickness: 3.9mm, Weight: 1.41gms
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 2350 BC
Date to: Circa 1600 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 23.7 mm
Width: 17.9 mm
Thickness: 3.9 mm
Weight: 1.41 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 7th February 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM35128
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: North East Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
District: North East Lincolnshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Wold Newton
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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