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BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD
Unique ID: WMID-16FC40
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete barbed and tanged flint arrowhead of Early Bronze Age dating (c. 2500BC to c. 1500BC).
Approximately 75% of the arrowhead is present, with one of the barbs missing.The arrowhead has been knapped from a dark grey coloured piece of flint. It is broadly sub-triangular in shape and lentoid in cross section. The tang is damaged and the surviving barb is rounded. Both long sides / edges of the arrowhead have been finely retouched to create sharp edges. The arrowhead has been bifacially worked with invasive, scaled, and low angle retouch.
Similar flint barb and tanged arrowheads are associated with the Beaker phase of the Late / final Neolithic and Early Bronze Age c. 2500BC-1500BC. This example fits into the sub-classification of non-fancy barbed and tanged arrowheads best described as Sutton types (Butler 2005: 162-165, after Green (1980).
The arrowhead measures 18.32mm in length, 18.76mm wide and 4.22mm thick. It weighs 0.8g.
Butler, C. (2005) Prehistoric Flintwork. Tempus Publishing, Stroud.
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 2500 BC
Date to: Circa 1500 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 18.32 mm
Width: 18.76 mm
Thickness: 4.22 mm
Weight: 0.8 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 8th January 2017 - Sunday 8th January 2017
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Worcestershire (County)
District: Wychavon (District)
Parish or ward: Hartlebury (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SO8268
Four figure Latitude: 52.30981371
Four figure longitude: -2.2654386
1:25K map: SO8268
1:10K map: SO86NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butler, C. | 2005 | Prehistoric Flintwork | Stroud | The History Press | 162-165 |
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