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Neolithic flint leaf shaped arrowhead
A leaf-shaped flint arrowhead of white patinated flint with a sand-gloss over the surface. The tip is a fine point on the end of an almost round body. The arrowhead is pressure flaked on both faces.
Flint leaf-shaped arrowhead, 4000-3000 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
01.366/2
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, 1901
Measurements
length / mm:18.4
width / mm:17.2
thickness / mm:3.2
weight / g:0.9
Material
flint
Location
St Fagans Gweithdy gallery : Knapping/Making Stone Axes
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