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Flint Neolithic leaf shaped arrowhead
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West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, 2012-07-30 15:22:10
Title
Flint Neolithic leaf shaped arrowhead
Description
English: A leaf shaped flint arrowhead of ogival form, dating from the early Neolithic period, 3500-2500BC. It is in the form of a squat teardrop with two concave upper edges. It is formed on mottled grey flint which is patinated. There is invasive retouch on both faces. It is 18.5mm long, 13.3mm wide and 3.2mm thick. It weighs 0.81gm.

Similar arrowheads are illustrated in Butler, 2005, Prehistoric Flintwork, figure 48, numbers 1a - 3a.
Depicted place (County of findspot) North Yorkshire
Date between 3500 BC and 2500 BC
Accession number
FindID: 512335
Old ref: SWYOR-3D8E08
Filename: PAS_1844_arrow.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/390235
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/390235/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/512335
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Object location53° 57′ 38.52″ N, 1° 24′ 09.97″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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