Leaf-shaped arrowhead
This leaf-shaped arrowhead dates to the Neolithic period and was found in North Devon. These arrowheads were used for hunting and warfare and replaced the microliths that were used in the Mesolithic. This example seems to have been broken whilst being used and then reworked.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 441/2009
- Category
- Antiquities
- Collection Class
- Devon archaeology
- Collection Area Region
- Northern Europe
- Material
- portland chert
- Common Name
- leaf-shaped arrowhead
- Simple Name
- arrowhead
- Period Classification
- Neolithic (4000-2200 BC)
