File:NCL-CA8365, Neolithic leaf-shaped arrowhead (FindID 561422).jpg

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NCL-CA8365: Neolithic leaf-shaped arrowhead
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme, Robert Collins, 2013-05-22 12:14:40
Title
NCL-CA8365: Neolithic leaf-shaped arrowhead
Description
English: A knapped leaf-shaped arrowhead of the earlier Neolithic, 3500-2900 BC.

The arrowhead is incomplete, missing its tip. The object consists of a single sub-triangular flake that has been further knapped and pressure-flaked into a leaf shape, notably on the underside of the base and along the edges. The dorsal base is the thickest part of the arrowhead.
Depicted place (County of findspot) Northumberland
Date between 3500 BC and 2900 BC
Accession number
FindID: 561422
Old ref: NCL-CA8365
Filename: NCL-CA8365.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/427296
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/427296/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/561422
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(Reusing this file)		 Attribution-ShareAlike License version 4.0 (verified 14 November 2020)
Object location55° 16′ 43.32″ N, 1° 42′ 42.62″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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