The Bronze Age
Hunting & Warfare
Spearhead
- Period:
- Bronze Age
- Description:
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This spearhead has a slender leaf shaped blade, common to those found in the area, which has been broken into two. From the late Bronze Age, this example has a hollow circular shaft which tapers to an oval shaped tip.
The deliberate breaking of weapon blades, both for spears and swords, is a feature noted in Bronze Age deposits. A similar phenomenon also occurs in the late Iron Age, and in sone Anglo-Saxon burials.
- Materials/Media:
- bronze
- Dimensions:
- Length 310mm
- Source:
- The Dick Institute
- Accession number:
- AR/B3
- Digital Number:
- EAAH013n
- Copyright:
- East Ayrshire Council
