Gallery Title
Gallery Title
harpoon head
Accession Number NWHCM : 1932.39
Description
Harpoon, Mesolithic Maglemose barbed harpoon head of red deer antler, dredged by the trawler 'Colinda' from the peat of the Leman and Ower Bank off the Norfolk coast, 1931
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One of the most enthralling archaeological projects in recent years has been the mapping of a massive submerged landscape, larger than the area of the United Kingdom, which once connected the English coast with that of continental Europe. It was the finding of a delicate antler harpoon point, on the Leman and Ower Banks in the North Sea, some 40km beyond today’s north Norfolk coast, which played a key role in the rediscovery of this sunken landscape, which is now known a Doggerland.
Creation Date
11926 BC-11363 BC
Material
antler
Measurements
219 mm
Department
Archaeology