VERY RARE GENUINE NEOLITHIC FLINT CARVED POINTED TRIANGULAR ARROW HEAD. GOOD CONDITION, FINE EXAMPLE

Found in Berkshire

Dimensions:

Weight - 1.2 grams

Size - 2.5 cm

During the preceding Mesolithic period, the inhabitants of the British Isles had been Mesolithic European hunter-gatherers. Around 4000 BCE migrants began arriving from central Europe. Although the earliest indisputably acknowledged languages spoken in the British Isles belonged to the Celtic branch of the Indo-European family it is not known what language these early farming people spoke. These migrants brought new ideas, leading to a radical transformation of society and landscape that has been called the Neolithic Revolution. The Neolithic period in the British Isles was characterised by the adoption of agriculture and sedentary living. To make room for the new farmland, these early agricultural communities undertook mass deforestation across the islands, dramatically and permanently transforming the landscape. At the same time, new types of stone tools requiring more skill began to be produced; new technologies included polishing.

WAR RELIC, STONE AGE PERIOD IN BRITAIN

AGE: 3000 B.C.