Avar-Age Polearms and Edged Weapons. Classification, Typology, Chronology and Technology

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Introduction 37


In the case of the conical spearheads (P.II) the blade and the socket are not


separate, the blade’s cross section being circular or square-shaped. Two types


are identifed: conical (P.II.A) and narrow, needle-shaped (P.II.B) blades


(fig. 5).


The blade of the lenticular177 spearheads (P.III) does not have a shoulder,


these pieces are oval in shape, their greatest width is normally toward the


middle or in the lower third of the blade, the cross section of which is flat


lenticular or rhombic. Several types can be distinguished based on the ratio of


blade length and width or on the form of the cross section:


P.III.A—broad lenticular blade


P.III.B—narrow lenticular blade


177 Spitzovale or blattförmige in German.


Figure 5 Types of conical spearheads.
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