European Arrowheads - North Caucasus - 3000BC

[JackCrafty]

Just thought I'd share a picture I saw when surfing for arrowheads (artifacts).

North Caucasus, Burial Mound 31, village of Novosvobodnaya

Middle of the 3rd millenium BC

Flint

L of arrow-heads 2.2-3.5 cm, l of dagger blade 13.2 cm

These arrow-heads are roughly triangular in shape. It is possible that they were inserted into a missile weapon arranged on the principle of a harpoon. The dagger blade is leaf-shaped and sharp along the edges. There are grooves on both sides of the butt so that the blade could be attached securely to the handle.

website---http://www.hermitagemuseum.org/html_En/03/hm3_2_3c.html

[Pat B]

Patrick, were those heads used as micro blades inserted around the shaft of a fire hardened pointed shaft? I have seen pics of this in litterature about ancient European artifacts.    James Parker made an deer antler tip hunting point with 5 micro blades inserted around the antler. I think he even killed a deer with it.

[JackCrafty]

It's possible that those arrowheads were inserted into a slot below the harpoon tip, looking similar to thorns on a rose stem, but I don't think they were in this case.  I think they are individual arrowheads or harpoon tips.  They are about an inch long.

I tried looking up the location of the village but my search led to two different locations.  However, I don't think the village is near the ocean, so there probably would not be a need for a large harpoon with several blades attached.

[jamie]

very cool. one hell of a mountain range between Novosvobodnaya  mounds and ocean. looks like a projectile that was meant to stay in the critter .

[Sparrow]

Fabulous looking knife. Those points are very intriguing. Love the material. Thanks for sharing the photo.  '  Frank