File:Neolithic leaf-shaped arrowhead (dorsal) (FindID 176821).jpg

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Neolithic leaf-shaped arrowhead (dorsal)
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Royal Institution of Cornwall, Anna Tyacke, 2007-04-18 23:35:57
Title
Neolithic leaf-shaped arrowhead (dorsal)
Description
English: Flint leaf-shaped arrowhead that has been bifacially reworked or retouched on the entire edge of both the dorsal and ventral faces. The reworking extends further onto the ventral surface from the proximal end of the right margin of the arrowhead, over the remains of the bulb of percussion. A fracture on the dorsal face, running at right angles to the medial ridge, towards the proximal end obstructs working in this area.

There is no cortex remaining on the flake and the flake would have been chosen particularly for an arrowhead as its medial ridge runs centrally, but at an angle, the length of the flake and will add strength to it, in use as well as in manufacture. This suggests it is a tertiary flake. The colour of the flint ranges from a dark grey to a light grey and the length to breadth ratio is about 1:1.

Local leaf-shaped arrowheads were mass-produced from sites like Carn Brea from about 3800 BC, but this one may have been made earlier on the south coast from local beach pebbles.

Bond (2004) illustrates a similar example on page 123, Fig.5.107, Type 4Ab, which he dates to the Earlier Neolithic, c.4000-3300 BC.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Cornwall
Date between 4000 BC and 3300 BC
Accession number
FindID: 176821
Old ref: CORN-AD13D8
Filename: Aprilfinds 025.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/135715
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/135715/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/176821
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