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A transverse arrowhead is a type of trapezoidal stone
transverse spearheads in use in pre-dynastic Egypt
A transverse arrowhead is a type of trapezoidal stone projectile point
In North American archaeological terminology, a projectile point is an object that was hafted to a weapon that was capable of being thrown or projected, such as a javelin, dart, or arrow. They are thus different from weapons presumed to have ...
most commonly associated with the European Mesolithic and Neolithic
The Neolithic period, or New Stone Age, is an Old World archaeological period and the final division of the Stone Age. It saw the Neolithic Revolution, a wide-ranging set of developments that appear to have arisen independently in several p ...
periods although it is also found in other regions and periods.
Unlike a conventional arrowhead which tapers to a point, the transverse arrowhead usually widens to a cutting edge and was hafted onto an arrow shaft at its narrowest point. Other types have parallel sides but in any case transverse arrowheads are always wider than they are long.
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Lithics Projectile points Archaeological artefact types {{Europe-archaeology-stub