Archaeological Collection
Stone arrowheads
Item name:Stone arrowheads
Dating:5th–3rd millennium BC
Findspot:Notranje Gorice
On display:The Earliest Stories from the Crossroads
Description
The stone arrowheads of different forms show that hunting was an
important activity in the 5th and 4th millennia BC. Examples, made from red chert, come from the pile-dwelling site at Notranje Gorice (3500–3100 BC). Their formal diversity
makes them difficult to date with any precision; those with a notch,
a flat base or a tang could be either Neolithic or Copper Age in date.
Details
1. Arrowhead, chert, l. 3.3 cm, Inv. No. B 5285.
2. Arrowhead, chert, l. 2.9 cm, Inv. No. B 5286.
Further reading
Turk, Peter and Turk, Matija, 2019: The Earliest Stories
from the Crossroads, Ljubljana, Fig. 138, pp. 102, 244.
On display in the Permanent Exhibition