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ARROWHEAD

Unique ID: LEIC-92497D

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published Find published

Late Neolithic to Early Bronze Age flint oblique arrowhead. Mid-grey semi-translucent patina. Distal end truncated and worked into a tang (short, abrupt). Proximal end is the tip. Retouch on the ventral face (short, abrupt, sub-parallel).

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: NEOLITHIC
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: BRONZE AGE
Date from: Circa 3300 BC
Date to: Circa 1000 BC

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 34 mm
Width: 17 mm
Thickness: 6 mm
Weight: 2.5 g

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Flint
Manufacture method: Knapped/flaked
Completeness: Complete

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Spatial metadata

Region: East Midlands (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Leicestershire (County)
District: Melton (District)
Parish or ward: Scalford (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: SK7625
Four figure Latitude: 52.81719198
Four figure longitude: -0.87375008
1:25K map: SK7625
1:10K map: SK72NE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

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Audit data

Recording Institution: LEIC
Created: 5 years ago
Updated: 4 years ago

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