Arrowheads (A - AB)

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Arrowheads

	Long leaf-shaped. Used until the 1000s both for hunting and military
	Short leaf-shaped. Used until the 1000s both for hunting and military.
	Barbed. Used 1200-1300s both for hunting and military.
	Crescent-shaped. Used late 1200s. Uncertain if the usage was hunting or military.
	Conical & needle-shaped bodkin. Used by military approx. 1200s-1400s.
	Flute-shaped. Known from the 100's. Also used in the Middle Ages as a signal.

Sources

Long leaf-shaped arrowhead 01 (A)

Source type (A):
Archaeological object.
Type:
Sharp tip: Long leaf-shaped (Jessop type: T1).
Current location:
Historiska museet, Stockholm, Sweden (34914/B21899/549827).
Place of origin:
Lunda, Södermanland, Sweden.
Dating:
550-799 (Swedish vendel age).
Note:
Used until the 11th century.
Function:
Hunting and military.

Short leaf-shaped arrowhead 01 (A)

Source type (A):
Archaeological object.
Type:
Sharp tip: Short leaf-shaped (Jessop type: MP4).
Current location:
Historiska museet, Stockholm, Sweden (34914/B21899/549827).
Place of origin:
Lunda, Södermanland, Sweden.
Dating:
550-799 (Swedish vendel age).
Note:
Used until the 11th century.
Function:
Hunting and military.

Barbed arrowhead 01 (A)

Source type (A):
Archaeological object.
Type:
Sharp tip: Barbed (Jessop type: MP2).
Current location:
Returned to the finder.
Place of origin:
Bridlington, Yorkshire, England.
Datering:
1200s-1300s.
Note:
Documented by British Museum and National Museum. Wales (YORYM-591B42).
Funktion:
Uncertain.

Barbed arrowhead 02 (B)

Source type (B):
Manuscript.
Name:
Chronica Majora II
Author:
Matthew Paris
Current location:
Cambridge, Corpus Christi College (MS 016II - F59v).
Place of origin:
-
Dating:
Ca. 1256.

Crescent-shaped arrowhead 01 (A)

Source type (A):
Archaeological object.
Type:
Sharp tip: Crescent-shaped (Jessop type: H1).
Current location:
Returned to the finder.
Place of origin:
Salisbury, Wiltshire, England.
Place of origin:
Probably late 13th century.
Note:
Documented by Salisbury Museum (Medieval Catalogue Part 1, Saunders (ed) 1991, p.87 fig.23), and of British Museum and National Museum Wales (WILT-73A897).
Function:
Uncertain.

Needle-shaped bodkin arrowhead 01 (A)

Source type (A):
Archaeological object.
Type:
Bodkin tip: Conical & needle-shaped (Jessop type: M8).
Current location:
Royal Armouries, Leeds, U.K..
Place of origin:
-
Dating:
1400-1499.
Note:
-
Function:
Military.

Flute-shaped arrowhead 01 (A)

Source type (A):
Archaeological object.
Type:
Other tip: Flute-shaped.
Current location:
Nationalmuseet, Copenhagen Denmark.
Place of origin:
Denmark.
Datering:
Medieval.
Note:
The earliest European flute-shaped arrowheads are Roman and date from the 100s.
Function:
Signal.

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