Accession No
1898.156
Description
Leaf Point Arrowhead - A broad, flat oval arrowhead with pointed base, well chipped both surfaces.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Littleport; Burnt Fen
Period
Neolithic
Source
Cambridge Antiquarian Society
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1898.156; MAA: AR 1899.144-147
Cultural Affliation
Material
Stone; Flint
Local Term
Measurements
20mm x 42mm
Events
Context (Display)
'This arrowhead was previously mounted on perspex along with ten other leaf-shaped arrowheads and with the following label: "The manufacture of leaf-shaped arrowheads. The process appears to have begun with flaking from either tip on both faces. The stages are shown together with a complete arrowhead."Rooley.P. 12/05/2011.
Event Date
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
A broad, flat oval arrowhead with pointed base, well chipped both surfaces.
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Amendments / updates)
'Previously recorded as from Weeting, Thetford, Norfolk - probably confusing it with AR 1898.156'
Event Date 18/5/2011
Author: Peter Rooley
FM:19878
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