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Neolithic flint transverse arrowhead
A large white patinated chisel arrowhead. The barb is complete and the 'hook' is at right angles to the barb. The edges of the barb have been carefully, but marginally, retouched on both faces leaving the chisel cutting edge unmodified.
Flint traverse arrowhead, 3000-2500 BCE, from Merthyr Mawr, south-east Wales. Pieces of bone or antler were used to press thin flakes from the edge of a piece of flint.
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Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
1898.271/1
Find Information
Site Name: Merthyr Mawr Warren, Bridgend
Collection Method: surface find
Notes: Item found in the general area of the coordinates stated
Acquisition
Donation, 1898
Measurements
length / mm:36.7
width / mm:28.3
thickness / mm:3.0
weight / g:2.3
Material
flint
Location
St Fagans Gweithdy gallery : Knapping/Making Stone Axes
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