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1910.72.8

Arrowhead with tang and no barbs. Pressure flaked only around the edges, on the ventral face flake ripples are visible. [MN 12/11/2008]

1910.72.8

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Collection type
Object
Description
Arrowhead with tang and no barbs. Pressure flaked only around the edges, on the ventral face flake ripples are visible. [MN 12/11/2008]
Long description
Arrowhead with tang and no barbs. Pressure flaked only around the edges, on the ventral face flake ripples are visible. On the dorsal face the scars from the removal of two flakes are visible. The flint has a whitish patina and slight reddish orange iron staining. [MN 12/11/2008]
Person
Maker Unknown Maker
Field collector Raymond Wilson
PRM source Raymond Wilson
Date / Period
Archaeological period: Early Bronze Age
Date collected
By 1910
Acquisition information
Purchased: 1910
Materials and processes
Material Flint Stone, Process Flaked, Process Retouched
Dimensions
Width: max 14 mm, Thick: max 4 mm, Length: max 34 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1910.72.8 Other numbers: 1910.ß.290 - 295
Research and responses

Further flint objects from Charlbury are held by the Oxfordshire Museums Service, see OXCMS 1974.8.45, 1974.8.40 and 1974.8.41. [MN 10/11/2008]

The Ashmolean Museum holds a range of archives by Percy Manning on archaeological sites at Charlbury, see the following URL for more information http://www.ashmolean.museum/ash/amps/oha/Index.html. [MN 10/11/2008]

For general information on the Museum's collections of Oxfordshire archaeological material including lists of sites, grid references etc see Archaeological Material from Oxfordshire in the Collection of the Pitt Rivers Museum by Simon Thorpe. this is an unpublished spiral bound report dated June 1996 [copy in RDF: Researchers File: Thorpe]. [MN 10/11/2008]

Charlbury is a town in the district of West Oxford, its grid reference is SP 357 194 [please note this is not a reference for the find spot]. [MN 12/11/2008]

Associated publications
The Wilson collection of flint objects from Charlbury is associated with PRN 15921 on the Oxfordshire Historic Environment Resource [HER]. [MN 10/11/2008] Various flint arrow heads from Charlbury were noted in Percy Manning's 1921 survey of Oxfordshire [page 238]. It is not known if this refers the scrapers and arrow heads purchased in 1910, but it is thought to be likely. A copy is in RDF: Researchers File: Manning. Full article reference: Manning, P and Leeds, E. T. 1921. An archaeological survey of Oxfordshire. Archaeologia 71: 227-265. [MN 10/11/2008]

Search terms: Archery Weapon, Arrow-head

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