- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Stone arrow-head
- Long description
- Flint arrow-head of brownish flint covered in bluish white patina. Retouch on all edges. [JW [Excav. PR] 15/02/2013]
- Geographical reference
- England
- Person
- Maker Unknown Maker
- Field collector William Greenwell
- PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection
- Date / Period
- Archaeological period: Neolithic
- Date collected
- By 1874
- Acquisition information
- Donated: 1884
- Dimensions
- Thick: max 15 mm, Width: max 23 mm, Length: max 36 mm, Weight 2 g
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1884.135.42 PR Cat other PR nos: 1337 PR Cat other PR nos: 2224
- Research and responses
Pitt Rivers worked with Canon Greenwell on the Yorkshire Wolds in April 1867 according to Bowden [1991: 66] this object dates from after the recorded time of Pitt Rivers' visit [AP Leverhulme project on founding collection 1995-1998]
Pitt Rivers worked in Yorkshire at the same time, and in cases alongside Canon Greenwell in 1867. It seems likely that these items were collected at that time. Canon Greenwell published his work in 1877. Full reference: Greenwell, W. and Rolleston, G. 1877. British Barrows: A Record of the Examination of Sepulchral Mounds in Various Parts of England. Oxford: Claredon Press [CB 8/12/2009]
Search terms: Tool, Archery Weapon, Arrow-head