Point
Arrowhead
29-183-27
From: Japan | Samani
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Number | 29-183-27 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Late Paleolithic (uncertain) | Jomon (uncertain) | Yayoi (uncertain) | Japanese |
| Provenience | Japan | Samani |
| Period | Late Paleolithic (uncertain) | Jomon (uncertain) | Yayoi (uncertain) |
| Date Made | Late Paleolithic, Japan - Yayoi |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Obsidian |
| Technique | Flaked |
| Description | Point or arrowhead. Leaf-shaped point. Fine points on both ends. Very thin and translucent throughout with dark streaks. Obsidian. This is an example of the flat narrow leaf-shaped bifacially retouched points. It is finely retouched and wider than the other examples of this type in the collection. These arrowheads have been found in excavated sites from the end of the Late Paleolithic up to the Yayoi periods and are found throughout Japan. For example, leaf-shaped points have been uncovered at Etchuyama, Yamagata Prefecture, Northern Honshu. This site is one of the earliest with this type of point and has been dated to c. 14,000 B.P. These arrowheads are part of a long-lasting and far-reaching technology in arrowhead production which began in the Late Paleolithic Period. |
| Length | 3.8 cm |
| Width | 1.8 cm |
| Credit Line | Received from various sources, pre-1929 |
| Other Number | None - Field No SF |
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