File:BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD (FindID 797262).jpg

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BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD
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National Museums Liverpool , Vanessa Oakden, 2016-08-02 15:21:04
Title
BARBED AND TANGED ARROWHEAD
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A flint barb and tanged arrowhead of Early Bronze Age date. The arrowhead is triangular in plan and lozenge shaped in cross-section. Two notches chipped into the base of the flint separates the barbs and the tang. The arrowhead is bificially worked with covering, scaled, low angle retouch.

The arrowhead has been made on a mid-grey piece of flint and there is no cortex remaining. The object dates to the Early Bronze Age or Beaker period, 2400-1600BC.

Dimensions: 31mm in length, 25mm in width, 3.5mm thick, 1.8g
Depicted place (County of findspot) Cheshire East
Date between 2400 BC and 1600 BC
Accession number
FindID: 797262
Old ref: LVPL-88B913
Filename: arrowhead_black.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/577496
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/577496/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
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