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Neolithic human rib with arrowhead tip
Human rib fragment containing the tip of a flint arrowhead
An arrowhead in a human rib bone, about 3700 BCE. It was found in Penywyrlod tomb. The bone did not regrow, suggesting the person died shortly afterwards.
WA_SC 7.1
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
74.23H/9.24
Find Information
Site Name: Penywyrlod, Talgarth
Grid Reference: SO 151 316
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1972 / Sep / 9
Notes: found during emergency excavations carried out by the Dept. of the Environmant at Pen-y-wyrlod long cairn either from chamber 3 or entrance to chamber 3, based on preservation type - M. Wysocki 28/7/98
Measurements
length / mm:75.8*
width / mm:12.2*
thickness / mm:5.9*
weight / g:1.9
width / mm:3.6**
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