Point
Arrowhead
29-183-32
From: Japan | Hokkaido | Uragawa | Uragawa Hill
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Number | 29-183-32 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Late Paleolithic (uncertain) | Jomon (uncertain) | Yayoi (uncertain) | Japanese |
| Provenience | Japan | Hokkaido | Uragawa | Uragawa Hill |
| Period | Late Paleolithic (uncertain) | Jomon (uncertain) | Yayoi (uncertain) |
| Date Made | Late Paleolithic, Japan - Yayoi |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Obsidian |
| Technique | Flaked |
| Description | Flaked point of black obsidian. Triangular body with large tang making it diamond shaped overall. Partially translucent with parallel non-translucent streaks. Arrowheads were used during the Late Paleolithic age and continued to be used during the Yayoi period. They appear in sites throughout Japan. Arrowheads hafted onto arrow shafts and harpoons have been found in archaeological contexts. Thus their use is indicative of the importance of hunting and fishing throughout early Japan. Diamond shaped bifacially retouched points or arrowheads appear at Paleolithic sites such as Uenodaira, Nagano Prefecture in central Honshu. On the eve of the Jomon period, Uenodaira is dated 12,000-10,000 BC. But diamond shaped types also have been found in Yayoi contexts such as at Uriyudo, Osaka Prefecture in south-central Honshu. |
| Length | 3 cm |
| Width | 1.6 cm |
| Credit Line | Received from various sources, pre-1929 |
| Other Number | None - Field No SF |
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