Early Bronze Age

Posted Mon, 03/17/2008 - 12:45
Flint worker's 'tool kit'Flint worker's 'tool kit'

An Early Bronze Age pit (2400-1500BC) contained a remarkable collection of flints and tools. These formed a flint worker’s tool kit, which included an awl or punch made of copper for making holes and a whetstone used for sharpening tools. The 'tool kit' may have been deliberately placed in the ground as a votive offering.

 

 

  Barbed and tanged arrowheadsBarbed and tanged arrowheads

Flint Arrowheads

The distinctively shaped barbed and tanged arrowheads date to the Early Bronze Age. The arrowheads are thought to come from a number of different sources. Some of them can be grouped into pairs by their shape and size. Activity intensified in the Middle Bronze Age.