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ARROWHEAD
Unique ID: NLM-1BEBFD
Object type certainty: Probably
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Flint probable arrowhead. A sub-triangular flake with broad and narrow flakes struck from its dorsal side and with a bulb at one end of a wavy ventral surface. Very short abrupt retouch executed from the ventral aspect follows one of the convergent long edges. The finder kindly suggests a possible identification as a transverse or oblique arrowhead, a later Neolithic object type. The forming of sharp edges indeed appears deliberate, and the object is appropriately lightweight. However, its wavy profile might have impeded flight were this to be mounted on a shaft. Suggested date: Late Neolithic, 2700-2350 BC,
Length: 25.0mm, Width: 20.4mm, Thickness (at bulb): 3.1mm, Weight: 1.41gms.
Class: Oblique
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 2700 BC
Date to: Circa 2350 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 25 mm
Width: 20.4 mm
Thickness: 3.1 mm
Weight: 1.41 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 31st October 2017
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: NLM37842
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete
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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