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Findspot - Neolithic arrowhead

Summary Findspot - flint arrowhead which probably dates to the Neolithic period was found 400m north east of the church, Wappenbury.
What Is It?  
Type: Findspot
Period: Neolithic (4000 BC - 2201 BC)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Wappenbury
District: Warwick, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 38 69
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
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1 A leaf arrow, presumably of Neolithic date, of dark flint, found in December 1957 at Wappenbury, in the field E of the earthwork (SP3869). It is thicker than the usual leaf point. It is essentially a core tool. It was made from a fragment of flint derived from the local glacial drifts.
3 Mentioned in gazetteer.
4 Neolithic date confirmed.
 
Sources
Source No: 2
Source Type: Drawing
Title: Neolithic arrowhead, Wappenbury.
Author/originator: Shotton F W
Date: 1958
Page Number: Fig 5 A
Volume/Sheet: 3:2
   
Source No: 1
Source Type: Serial
Title: PCNHSS vol 3 no 2
Author/originator: Shotton F W
Date: 1958
Page Number: 53-4
Volume/Sheet: 3:2
   
Source No: 3
Source Type: Serial
Title: TBAS vol 86
Author/originator: Thomas N
Date: 1974
Page Number: 32
Volume/Sheet: 86
   
Source No: 4
Source Type: Verbal communication
Title: Aggregates Assessment
Author/originator: Stuart Palmer
Date: 2006
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Glossary

 
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source TBAS Transactions of the Birmingham and Warwickshire Archaeological Society is a journal produced by the society annually. It contains articles about archaeological field work that has taken place in Birmingham and Warwickshire in previous years. Copies of the journal are kept by the Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record. back
technique Earthwork Earthworks can take the form of banks, ditches and mounds. They are usually created for a specific purpose. A bank, for example, might be the remains of a boundary between two or more fields. Some earthworks may be all that remains of a collapsed building, for example, the grassed-over remains of building foundations.

In the winter, when the sun is lower in the sky than during the other seasons, earthworks have larger shadows. From the air, archaeologists are able to see the patterns of the earthworks more easily. Earthworks can sometimes be confusing when viewed at ground level, but from above, the general plan is much clearer.

Archaeologists often carry out an aerial survey or an earthwork survey to help them understand the lumps and bumps they can see on the ground.
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period Neolithic About 4000 BC to 2351 BC

The word ‘Neolithic’ means ‘New Stone Age’. Archaeologists split up the Neolithic period into three phases; early, middle and late. The Neolithic period comes after the Mesolithic period and before the Bronze Age.

People in the Neolithic period hunted and gathered food as their ancestors had but they were also began to farm. They kept animals and grew crops. This meant that they were able to settle more permanently in one location instead of constantly moving from place to place to look for food.
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monument FINDSPOT * The approximate location at which stray finds of artefacts were found. Index with object name. back
monument CHURCH * A building used for public Christian worship. Use more specific type where known. back
monument FIELD * An area of land, often enclosed, used for cultivation or the grazing of livestock. back
monument DRIFT * A straight mine entrance, driven on a constant downwards slope. back
monument EARTHWORK * A bank or mound of earth used as a rampart or fortification. back

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