Arrowhead
This stone arrowhead comes from the site of Hembury in Devon. It is made from a distinctive material called Portland chert. Small flakes of stone were pressed off the flake to produce this symmetrical form with thin, strong edges. This would make it useful for hunting.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 139/1935/1417
- Category
- Antiquities
- Collection Class
- Devon archaeology
- Collection Area Region
- Northern Europe
- Material
- chertPortland chert
- Common Name
- arrowhead
- Simple Name
- arrowhead
- Period Classification
- Neolithic (4000-2200 BC)
