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These four flint arrowheads were found in a chambered cairn at Giants' Graves on Whiting Bay on the island of Arran. Flint knives, various sherds of pottery and a large amount of cremated human remains were also recovered.

The arrowheads are all leaf-shaped, a common shape at this period. Three are damaged on their tips.

Many of Scotland's early farming communities buried their dead in communal tombs. Various offerings for the afterlife were included, such as food, in pots or as joints of meat, and everyday possessions such as flint arrowheads and tools.

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• Online ID: 000-190-004-058-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  X.EO 259
• Date: 3700 - 3100 BC
  3700 - 3100 BC
  3700 - 3100 BC
  Between 3700 and 3100 BC
  Neolithic
  
• Material: Flint; leaf shaped
  Flint; leaf shaped
  Flint; leaf shaped
  Flint; ogival-shaped
  Arrowhead
  Arrowhead
  Arrowhead
  Arrowhead
  
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• What: Arrowhead
  Arrowhead
  Arrowhead
  Arrowhead
  
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• Who:
• Where: Scotland, Bute, Arran, Whiting Bay, Giants' Graves
  Scotland, Bute, Arran, Whiting Bay, Giants' Graves
  Scotland, Bute, Arran, Whiting Bay, Giants' Graves
  Scotland, Bute, Arran, Whiting Bay, Giants' Graves
  
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• Description: Neolithic ogival-shaped flint arrowhead, from Giants' Graves, Whiting Bay, Arran
  Arrowhead of flint from Giants' Graves, Whiting Bay, Arran, 3700 - 3100 BC
  Arrowhead of flint from Giants' Graves, Whiting Bay, Arran, 3700 - 3100 BC
  Arrowhead of flint from Giants' Graves, Whiting Bay, Arran, 3700 - 3100 BC
  
• References:
  • Clarke, D.V., Cowie, T.G., & Foxon, Andrew (eds). Symbols of power at the time of Stonehenge. Edinburgh: National Museums of Antiquities of Scotland, 1985, pp 170, 174, 235. 
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