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1921.91.404.34

Barbed and tanged arrow-head with bifacial retouch extending across the dorsal face only. The tip is broken. [MN 19/11/2008]

1921.91.404.34

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Collection type
Object
Description
Barbed and tanged arrow-head with bifacial retouch extending across the dorsal face only. The tip is broken. [MN 19/11/2008]
Long description
Barbed and tanged arrow-head with bifacial retouch extending across the dorsal face only. The tip is broken. On the ventral face flake ripples can be seen. The tang is rounded and is longer than the barbs, which are essentially only slightly accentuated corners. The arrow-head has a small length to breadth ratio. The flint is a light brownish with a slight patina and some orange discolouration as a result of iron staining [MN 19/11/2008]
Date / Period
Archaeological period: Early Bronze Age
Date collected
By 1920
Acquisition information
Purchased: 1920
Materials and processes
Material Flint Stone, Process Flaked, Process Retouched
Dimensions
Thick: max 4 mm, Width: max 13 mm, Length: max 20 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1921.91.404.34
Research and responses

Stonesfield is a village in the district of West Oxfordshire [grid ref SP 395 175]. The exact find spot for flint tools 1921.91.404 .1 - 1921.91.404 .137 is unknown. [MN 26/11/2008]

It is believed that the flint tools from the collection purchased off Archibald Colquhoun Bell in 1920 are recorded on the Oxfordshire Historic Environment Record [HER] under PRN 5602. [MN 17/11/2008]. [MN 26/11/2008]

Further collections of archaeological material from Stonesfield are held by the museum, these are:

Henry Balfour: 1890.17.2 [iron arrow-head], 1915.37.32 - 1915.37.41 [lithic tools]

Raymond Wilson: 1908.57.19 and 1910.72.10 - 1910.72.12 [lithic tools]. [MN 26/11/2008]

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see Archaeological Material from Oxfordshire in the Collection of the Pitt Rivers Museum by Simon Thorpe, this is an unpublished spiral bound report dated June 1996 [copy in RDF: Researchers File: Thorpe].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 26/11/2008]

Search terms: Tool, Archery Weapon, Flake, Arrow-head

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