Stone arrow-head

Collection type: Object
Description: Stone arrow-head
Long description: Leaf-shaped arrow-head of dark grey flint. Cortex present. [CG [Excav. PR] 01/03/2013]
Geographical reference: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; England North Yorkshire Ryedale Thorpe Bassett
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 Found unentered: 28/02/2013
Materials and processes: Material Stone, Process Flaked, Process Retouched
Dimensions: Thick: max 3 mm, Width: max 21 mm, Length: max 36 mm, Weight 2 g
Object numbers: Accession number: 1884.140.1381 PR Cat other PR nos: 1307 PR Cat other PR nos: 1858
Research and responses: 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]

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