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1884.135.171

Stone tool; Stone arrow-head, concave shape. Parallel pressure flake scars all over on both sides. Finely retouched all the way along. [Fumiko Ohinata, Japanese Archaeology Project 1996-2000; JC 30 8 2000]

1884.135.171

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Collection type
Object
Description
Stone tool; Stone arrow-head, concave shape. Parallel pressure flake scars all over on both sides. Finely retouched all the way along. [Fumiko Ohinata, Japanese Archaeology Project 1996-2000; JC 30 8 2000]
Geographical reference
Japan
Asia > Eastern Asia > Japan
Cultural groups
Japanese
Date / Period
Archaeological period: Jōmon 縄文時代
Date collected
By 1874
Acquisition information
Donated: 1884
Materials and processes
Material Chert Stone, Process Flaked, Process Retouched
Dimensions
Depth: max 4 mm, Width: max 14 mm, Length: max 27 mm, Weight 1.1 g
Object numbers
Accession number: 1884.135.171 Other numbers: JAC 89 PR Cat other PR nos: 2217 PR no.: 813
Research and responses

Unprovenanced single find [PW]. Classified by Fumiko Ohinata as a concave arrow-head. Would have been used in hunting. [JC 30 8 2000]

Listed and described as JAC89 on page 43 of the unpublished draft typescript 'The Japanese Archaeology Collections at the Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford', by Fumiko Ohinata and Jeremy Coote (dated 2002): 'Stone Tools ... Projectile Points (Spearheads, Javelinheads, Arrowheads) ... Arrowheads... Typological analysis conducted more recently demonstrates a clear trend in which the dominant arrowhead shape changed through the Jomon period… Nearly all typological styles existed in the earliest period and remained present throughout the Jomon period, but a clear change in the arrowhead shapes occurred between the Early and Middle Jomon period. While the triangular body with a straight base dominated during the early stages, tanged arrowheads formed the majority after the Middle Jomon. In addition, other types such as rhomboid, half-half and five-sided arrowheads are also found in small quantities throughout the Jomon period… / JAC 89; Plate 10.3 / Concave / Unprovenanced / Beige chert / 2.7×1.4×0.4 cm; 1.1 g / Parallel pressure flake scars all over on both sides. Finely retouched all the way along. / Penciled “813”. / Original Pitt Rivers Collection; PRM 1884.135.171.' Also illustrated in Plate 10.3. (Copy of typescript in RDF: Researchers: Ohinata and Coote). [MN 24/08/2009]

Search terms: Archery Weapon, Hunting, Arrow-head, Hunting accessory

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