Basalt Spear Point

DimensionsOverall: 4 x 6.4 cm

Credit LineTransfer from the London and Middlesex Historical Society, 1958

Object number1958.001.282

Label TextStone tools and weapons were typically made by taking a fist-sized piece of rock, called a core, and using another rock, called a hammerstone, to knock pieces off to create smaller, jagged pieces. The pieces would then be shaped, carved, and reduced into hand tools and weapons. This stone is flint-notched for attaching to an arrow shaft.

NamePoint, Spear