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ARROWHEAD
Unique ID: OXON-53BE5C
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
An incomplete struck flint tanged and barbed arowhead dating to the Beaker / Early to Middle Bronze Age period, c. 2350 - 1800 BC. The arrowhead has been made from a tertiary flake of a heavily patinated white / mottled light grey flint. There is invasive retouch over all surfaces including the tang and remaining barb. The arrowhead has suffered severe damage or sharp break diagonally from the tip down and through one barb, the resulting break being clean and heavily patinated. There are some iron staining spots on the surface of the arrowhead.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
Period from: BRONZE AGE
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Exactly 2350 BC
Date to: Circa 1800 BC
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Length: 28.5 mm
Width: 17.3 mm
Thickness: 15.2 mm
Weight: 2.2 g
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: OXPAS2019.209
Materials and construction
Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Oxfordshire (County)
District: West Oxfordshire (District)
Parish or ward: Stonesfield (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SP4017
Four figure Latitude: 51.85016847
Four figure longitude: -1.42069536
1:25K map: SP4017
1:10K map: SP41NW
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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