Prehistoric Stone Arrowhead
DocuJewel® 39060.1
Type of Jewel: Ancient Carving
Description:
One Prehistoric Knapped Stone Arrowhead and Spear Heads from the Saharan Neolithic Sahara Desert.
The bow-and-arrow was an essential weapon for hunter-and-gatherer groups moving into the Sahara Desert to harvest animals attracted to the lakes and grasslands forming there in the African Humid Period, ca. 5000-14,500 BCE. Bifacial stemmed and hollow-based arrowheads appear to have been made alongside blade-based arrowheads in some areas. Later Neolithic pastoral nomads favored these bifacial pressure-flaked arrowheads and microlith arrowheads. The Sahara dried out and people dispersed to neighboring regions from about 6000 BCE.
Circa: 4,000 - 6,000 BCE
Measurements:
35x20mm
Type of Jewel: Ancient Carving
Description:
One Prehistoric Knapped Stone Arrowhead and Spear Heads from the Saharan Neolithic Sahara Desert.
The bow-and-arrow was an essential weapon for hunter-and-gatherer groups moving into the Sahara Desert to harvest animals attracted to the lakes and grasslands forming there in the African Humid Period, ca. 5000-14,500 BCE. Bifacial stemmed and hollow-based arrowheads appear to have been made alongside blade-based arrowheads in some areas. Later Neolithic pastoral nomads favored these bifacial pressure-flaked arrowheads and microlith arrowheads. The Sahara dried out and people dispersed to neighboring regions from about 6000 BCE.
Circa: 4,000 - 6,000 BCE
Measurements:
35x20mm