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LEAF ARROWHEAD
Unique ID: SF-F600F4
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete knapped flint leaf-shaped arrowhead of Neolithic date, c. 4000 - 3000 BC. Manufactured on a by a tertiary flake of fine grained greyish flint that has now patinated white/mottled blue, it is ogival in plan- demonstrating a rounded butt and curving sides that taper towards the now missing tip. Both faces of the arrowhead have been secondarily worked by means of long/invasive low-angle pressure flaking, which has removed most of the original flake surfaces. One face has a longitudinal arrise while the other face is slightly convex, the former having been worked to a lesser degree than the latter.
Length: 42.67 mm
Width: 17.77 mm
Thickness on the widest section: 6.82 mm
Weight: 4.31 g
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Middle
Period to: NEOLITHIC
Date from: Circa 4000 BC
Date to: Circa 3000 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 42.67 mm
Width: 17.77 mm
Thickness: 6.82 mm
Weight: 4.31 g
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 10th June 2018
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: Forest Heath (District)
To be known as: West Stow
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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