Record ID: NARC-3881A0
Object type: PALSTAVE
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment of a cast copper alloy Palstave of middle to late Bronze Age date (1500-1150 BC). The item consists of the butt end, of the socketed aspect of the object, designed to fit a wooden handle. The flanges are retained on both sides, tapering into the butt. At the break is transverse, old and abraded. The metal is dark green in colour with areas of light green corrosion and pitting. The core of the object, as visible due to the break, is light green and shows signs of active copper corrosion. Length: 28.18mm, Width: 26.97mm, Thickness: 7.61mm, Thickness (with flanges): …
Created on: Monday 8th January 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 9th January 2018
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Record ID: NARC-3834F3
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete flint Arrowhead of Bronze Age date (2500-1200 BC). The object is a barbed and tanged form and is sub-triangular in plan and bi-convex in section. The object has two small semi-circular notches removed by pressure flaking, on the proximal edge. The notches create a sub-rectangular tang, projecting between them. The right hand barb is missing a portion of its lower edge. Both dorsal and ventral surfaces have covering scaled flaking. The left and right hand edges have fine, low angled retouch. The lithic retains no cortex and is therefore a tertiary flake. The fli…
Created on: Monday 8th January 2018
Last updated: Monday 8th January 2018
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Record ID: NARC-3823AB
Object type: ARROWHEAD
Broad period: BRONZE AGE
County: Northamptonshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete flint Arrowhead of Bronze Age date (2500-1200 BC). The object is a barbed and tanged form and is sub-triangular in plan and concavo-convex in section. The object has two sub-triangular notches removed by pressure flaking, on the proximal edge. The notches create a sub-rectangular tang, projecting between them. Both dorsal surface retains a large amount of cortex and has short stepped flaking along all edges. The ventral surface has short parallel flaking. The left and right hand edges have fine, semi-abrupt retouch. The lithic has some cortex and is therefore a seconda…
Created on: Monday 8th January 2018
Last updated: Monday 8th January 2018
Spatial data recorded.