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Early Bronze Age flint barbed and tanged arrowhead
With convex sides and pointed barbs much shorter than the tang
Flint barbed and tanged arrowhead, 2500-1750 BCE, from West Cwmparc, Rhondda Valley. Pieces of bone or antler were used to press thin flakes from the edge of a piece of flint.
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
68.189/20
Find Information
Site Name: West Cwmparc, Ystradyfodwg
Acquisition
donation, 6/6/1968
Measurements
maximum length
(mm): 24.0
maximum width
(mm): 17.0
maximum thickness
(mm): 4.0
Weight
(g): 1.5
Length
(mm): 2.5 (of barb)
Length
(mm): 5.0 (of tang)
Material
Flint
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