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1921.91.232

Stone arrow-head

1921.91.232

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Collection type
Object
Description
Stone arrow-head
Long description
Stone arrowhead with bifurcated tang. [MJD (Verve) 29/3/2016]
Person
Field collector Unknown Collector
PRM source Archibald Colquhoun Bell
Date / Period
Date made: 9220–8750 BC
Date collected
By 1920
Acquisition information
Purchased: 1920
Materials and processes
Material Chert Stone, Process Flaked
Dimensions
Width: max 26 mm, Length: max 36 mm, Thick: max 5 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1921.91.232
Research and responses

This object was examined by Prof. Rosemary Joyce during a visit to Oxford in December 2010. She noted that these two fishtail points (1921.91.232–233) are rare and are generally only known from cave sites, such as Cueva del Gigante, during the early part of the archaic period (c.9220–8750 BC). [AS 01/12/2010]

Search terms: Archery Weapon, Arrow-head