File:Barbed and tanged arrowhead (dorsal) (FindID 542382).jpg

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barbed and tanged arrowhead (dorsal)
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Royal Institution of Cornwall, Anna Tyacke, 2013-02-01 15:04:06
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barbed and tanged arrowhead (dorsal)
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English: Flint barbed and tanged arrowhead, triangular in plan, trapezoidal in profile and lozenge-shaped in section, with short barbs and tang. The tang may have broken off the shaft and then was reworked in the past so that the arrow could be used again. The dorsal face has been invasively retouched throughout, from all margins to meet at the slight medial ridge, and the ventral face has been retouched on all margins but not beyond. The flint is a mottled light to dark grey in colour, suggesting that it was probably derived from a local beach pebble. The length to breadth ratio is exactly 1:1, which is common for this type of Beaker period arrowhead.

Bond (2004) illustrates similar barbed and tanged arrowheads on page 125, Fig.5.110, Sutton Type B (h), and on page 147, Fig.5.133, Nos.F177-8, which are dated to the Beaker period.

Keene (1999) illustrates a similar arrowheads from the barrows at Pelynt, Cornwall and Warkleigh, Devon on pages 31 & 64, Figs.1 & 3, Nos.5 & 37, which date from the Early Bronze Age.

Depicted place (County of findspot) Cornwall
Date between 2500 BC and 1500 BC
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FindID: 542382
Old ref: CORN-AF85E4
Filename: Feb13finds10.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
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Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/414388
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/542382
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current20:44, 24 January 2017Thumbnail for version as of 20:44, 24 January 20171,280 × 960 (489 KB) (talk | contribs)Portable Antiquities Scheme, CORN, FindID: 542382, bronze age, page 560, batch count 2725

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