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Thesaurus Term/Concept: SOCKETED SPEARHEAD

Identifier 151955
Class MDA OBJECT TYPE
Status Preferred
Index? Yes
Scope Note A spearhead with an elongated hollow cast into the base of the blade to receive the end of the wooden spear shaft. The spearhead was secured to the shaft by pegs set at right angles or by lashings fixed to loops cast at the base of the spearhead.

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Context Record
Find Type SOCKETED SPEARHEAD (Bronze Age - 2600 BC to 701 BC)
Find Type SOCKETED SPEARHEAD (Early Medieval - 410 AD to 1065 AD)