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===Petersen Type D1===
{{Type|''Long socket with a long narrow leaf shaped blade.''<br>Similar to the type C but with a narrower blade and longer socket. Petersen discuss types D1 and D2 together and dates them to the C10th and in Norway they are found with Swords or types: S, Q, Special 20 and 1 with a type H. Also with Axe types: I-K and shields of [[:File:R565.jpg|R565]].<br>}}
====England, Yorkshire: River Ouse====
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===Petersen Type E===
{{Type|''Short socket with a subtle transition into a long leaf shaped blade.''<br>Petersen describes the blades of this type as having 'an almost regular width' along its length and it being 'not especially pointed'. In Norway found with Swords or types: C, D, E and H. Axes of types: A, D and 1 of C. Shield boss type: [[:File:R564.jpg|R564]]<br>}}
====England, Hertfordshire: Nazeing====
===Petersen Type G===
{{Type|''A short, thick socket that usually continues partly into the blade. The blade is quite flat.''<br>
Petersen matches this type in Norway to Swords of types: R, S, Q, 2 of Y, 1 of X and 1 of AE. Axes of types: L, M. Dates to the second half of the C10th and into the C11th.<br>
Ornamented versions of this type are mainly found in Sweden and the Baltic [Petersen PETERSEN 1919]. <br>}}
====England, London: River Thames, Hampton Court====
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===Petersen Type H===
{{Type|In most ways the same as type G except for the moulding at the base of the blade and the socket is slightly longer. <br>}}
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====England, Cambridgeshire: Ely====
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:Current Location- ?
:Find Type- c.1000
:Find Date-
:Total length-
:Blade- Rygh type [[R.523]] (Bjorn & Shetelig 1940)
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===Petersen Type D2===
{{Type|''Similar to type H but with wings (lugs).''<br> Petersen discuss types D1 and D2 together and dates them to the C10th and in Norway they are found with Swords or types: S, Q, Special 20 and 1 with a type H. Also with Axe types: I-K and shields of [[:File:R565.jpg|R565]].<br>}}
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===Petersen Type F===
{{Type|''long and thin socket ornamented with encircling ridges and depressions. The blade is widest as it joins the socket.''<br>
Found with sword types: M, L, K, H and I. Axes types: E, G and D.
Type F spearheads generally have a length of 30-60cm with most being between 50-60cm. Petersen classes this a very numerous type in Norway and dates it from the middle C9th.[PETERSEN 1919]. Possibly a precursor to type I spears.}}
:Current Location-
:DimensionsFind Type- :Find Date-:Totallength- 11” long::Blade- ::Socket- :Notes- It has 6 pairs of close set rings each with a pair of rivet holes. :Comments- I consider this to be a transitional type between F and I like those from Bruhaugen in Norway [PETERSEN 1919: Fig. 16] and Sodermanland in Sweden. [BJORN & SHETELIG 1940:p.20] Edwards quotes Cowan who considers this spear as a hybrid between Petersen's type F and I.[EDWARDS 1992:P.46]:Bibliography- [BJORN :*{{ListRef|Bjorn & SHETELIG Shetelig 1940:|p.20 item c] [EDWARDS 1992}}:P*{{ListRef|Edwards 1992|p.46]}}|i1=Spear b hesket.jpg}}
:Current Location-
:DimensionsFind Type- :Find Date-:Totallength- ::Blade- ::Socket- :NotesComments- Small spearhead like [[:File:R529.jpg|R529]] :Bibliography- [BJORN :*{{ListRef|Bjorn & SHETELIG Shetelig 1940:|p.59]}}|}}
===Petersen Type I===
{{Type|The socket commonly has 11 pairs of holes originally with bronze rivets. Some have up to 15 pairs of holes. Petersen classes these as not numerous in Norway [PETERSEN 1919]. <br><br>}}
:Current Location-
:DimensionsFind Type- :Find Date- :Totallength- 17 5/8” long with its tip missing.::Blade- ::Socket- :Notes- It has 7 pairs of rivet holes. :Comments- :Bibliography- [BJORN :*{{ListRef|Bjorn & SHETELIG Shetelig 1940:|p.20 item b] [EDWARDS 1992}}:P*{{ListRef|Edwards 1992|p.46]}} |i1=Spear a hesket.jpg}}
===Petersen Type K===
{|{Type|- valign------------- }} ="top" id="York"|width="100pt"| [[File:Example.jpg|thumb|130x150px|left]]|width="600pt"| '''England, Yorkshire, : York'''===={{Cat|
:Current Location-
:DimensionsFind Type- :Find Date- :Totallength-::Blade- ::Socket- :NotesComments-
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::*{{ListRef|Waterman 1959|p.71-72}}}}
:Current Location-
:DimensionsFind Type- :Find Date- :Totallength-::Blade- ::Socket- :NotesComments- Long and slender late Viking - Type K?:Bibliography- [BJORN :*{{ListRef|Bjorn & SHETELIG Shetelig 1940:|p.15]}}}}
:Current Location-
:DimensionsFind Type- :Find Date- :Totallength- L:20-25” ::Blade- ::Socket- :Notes- Type K, very rusty. A thin disk is attached to the socket. Inside the socket are fragments of fine linen fabric which had been bound twice around the point of the wooden shaft. :Comments- Type K, very rusty. A thin disk is attached to the socket.:Bibliography- [BJORN :*{{ListRef|Bjorn & SHETELIG Shetelig 1940:|p.26]}}}}
:Current Location- Newport Museum & Art Gallery: NPTMG:D2/43
:Find Type- Burial?
:Find Date- 1910/11
:Current Location-
:DimensionsFind Type- :Find Date- :Totallength-::Blade- ::Socket- :NotesComments- found in the fens :Bibliography- [BJORN :*{{ListRef|Bjorn & SHETELIG Shetelig 1940:|p.67]}}}}
:Current Location- Reading Museum
:DimensionsFind Type- :Find Date- :Totallength-::Blade- Central panel of herring-bone pattern welding::Socket- Tubular socket :Comments-:Bibliography- [COLLINS 1949:*{{ListRef|Collins 1949|p.18 fig.A.3]}}}}
:Current Location- Reading Museum
:DimensionsFind Type- :Find Date- :Totallength-::Blade- Central panel of herring-bone pattern welding::Socket- Split socket:Comments-:Bibliography- [COLLINS 1949:*{{ListRef|Collins 1949|p.18 fig.A.2]}}}}
:Current Location- Reading Museum
:DimensionsFind Type- :Find Date- :Totallength-::Blade- Central panel of herring-bone pattern welding::Socket- Split socket:Comments-:Bibliography- [COLLINS 1949:*{{ListRef|Collins 1949|p.18 fig.A.1]}}}}
:Current Location- London Museum: A 23352
:Find Type- River find. Part of a group of 16 items including 6 type k spearheads. Dated to the early C11th.
:Find Date- 1920s
:Current Location- London Museum: A 23348
:Find Type- River find. Part of a group of 16 items including 6 type k spearheads. Dated to the early C11th.
:Find Date- 1920s
:Current Location- London Museum: A 23350
:Find Type- River find. Part of a group of 16 items including 6 type k spearheads. Dated to the early C11th.
:Find Date- 1920s
:Current Location- London Museum: A 23351
:Find Type- River find. Part of a group of 16 items including 6 type k spearheads. Dated to the early C11th.
:Find Date- 1920s
:Current Location- London Museum: A 23349
:Find Type- River find. Part of a group of 16 items including 6 type k spearheads. Dated to the early C11th.
:Find Date- 1920s
:Current Location- London Museum: A 23353
:Find Type- River find. Part of a group of 16 items including 6 type k spearheads. Dated to the early C11th.
:Find Date- 1920s
:Current Location- London Museum: A 25395
:Find Type-
:Find Date-
:Current Location- London Museum: A 14746
:Find Type-
:Find Date-
:Current Location- British Museum 93.7-15.2
:Find Type- Unknown, probably a River find.
:Find Date- 1848
:Current Location- British Museum: 56-4-1-1376
:Find Type-
:Find Date-:Dimensions- ::Totallength- 24"::Blade- ::Socket- :Comments- :Bibliography- [BJORN & SHETELIG 1940:p.84 fig.50]|i1=Spear_London_24.jpg}}
:Current Location- British Museum: 62-8-2-3
:DimensionsFind Type- :Find Date- :Totallength- 18"::Blade- ::Socket- :Comments- :Bibliography- [BJORN & SHETELIG 1940:p.84 fig.51]|i1=Spear_Ditton.jpg}}
:Current Location- British Museum: 55-10-29-1
:DimensionsFind Type- :Find Date-:Totallength- 12"::Blade- ::Socket- :Comments- :Bibliography- [BJORN & SHETELIG 1940:p.84 fig.52]|i1=Spear_London_12.jpg}}
:Current Location- British Museum: 1857,0623.3
:Find Type- River. C9th-C10th
:Find Date- 1857:Dimensions- ::Totallength- 494mm::Blade- ::Socket- :Comments-
:Bibliography-
===Petersen Type M===
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:Current Location- National Museum of Scotland
:DimensionsFind Type- :Find Date-:Totallength- original length:63.5cm::Blade- in more than 5 badly rusted fragments. width:6.5cm::Socket- with preserved rivets:Comments-:Bibliography- [GRIEG 1940:*{{ListRef|Grieg 1940|p.50 fig.27(image)]}}}}
:Current Location- Ashmolean Museum: 1949/928
:DimensionsFind Type- :Find Date- :Totallength- ::Blade- ::Socket- :Comments- :Bibliography- [MORRIS :*{{ListRef|Morris 1983]}}}}
:Current Location-
:DimensionsFind Type- :Find Date- :Totallength- ::Blade- ::Socket- :NotesComments- Unpublished:Bibliography- [MORRIS :*{{ListRef|Morris 1983]}}}}
:Current Location-
:DimensionsFind Type- :Find Date- :Totallength- L:246mm x W:35mm ::Blade- T:6mm ::Socket- D:18 mm :NotesComments- Decoration between blade and socket consists of a barrel-shaped collar with two ribs above and below it. These had been forged by cutting into the spear when hot during manufacture. Pattern-welded blade. :Bibliography- [MORRIS :*{{ListRef|Morris 1983]}}|i1=Spear_Nazeing_M.jpg}}
:Current Location- London Museum: A 17479
:DimensionsFind Type- :Find Date-:Totallength- ::Blade- ::Socket- :NotesComments- Unpublished:Bibliography- [WHEELER 1927:*{{ListRef|Wheeler 1935|p.28 fig.12.6]}}|i1=Spear_Datchet.jpg}}
:Current Location- London Museum:
:DimensionsFind Type- :Find Date-:Totallength- ::Blade- ::Socket- :Comments- :Bibliography- [WHEELER 1935:*{{ListRef|Wheeler 1935|pl.XI 4] [MORRIS }}:*{{ListRef|Morris 1983]}}|i1=Spear_Thames_Street.jpg}}
:Current Location- London Museum:
:DimensionsFind Type- :Find Date-:Totallength- ::Blade- ::Socket- :NotesComments- Unprovenanced, but found in London :Bibliography- [WHEELER 1935:*{{ListRef|Wheeler 1935|pl.XI 5] [MORRIS }}:*{{ListRef|Morris 1983]}}|i1=Spear_London.jpg}}
:Current Location- British Museum: 1856,0701.1377
:Find Type
:Find Date-1856
:Bibliography-
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|i1=BM-Web Pangbourne Spearhead 1856,0701.1377.jpg
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==Unclassified Spearheads ==
:Current Location-
:Find Type- grave
:Find Date-1930
:Current Location- Kendal Borough Museum: We. SD 456 028
:Find Type-
:Find Date-1942
:Current Location- Kendal Borough Museum: We. c.SD 456 028
:Find Type-
:Find Date-1942:Dimensions- ::Totallength- 400mm::Blade- ::Socket- :Comments- :Bibliography- [EDWARDS 1998:*{{ListRef|Edwards 1992|p.51}}:*{{ListRef|Edwards 1998|p.25 fig.10.b & 11.b (image)] [EDWARDS 1992:p.51]}}}}
:Current Location- La. c.SD 360 960
:Find Type-
:Find Date-1976
:Current Location-
:DimensionsFind Type- :Find Date-:Totallength- ::Blade- ::Socket-:Comments- :Bibliography- [EDWARDS 1998:*{{ListRef|Edwards 1998|p.27-28 fig.12 (image)]}}}}
:Current Location-
:DimensionsFind Type- :Find Date- :Totallength- ::Blade- ::Socket- :NotesComments- Unpublished:Bibliography- [EDWARDS 1998:*{{ListRef|Edwards 1998|p.27-28]}}|}}
The following spearheads are referenced but have both no associated image and no type mentioned.<br>
*Scotland, Eigg. Grave 2. Only the spearhead socket survives complete with some parts of the wooden shaft. [GRIEG 1940:p.68]
==ReferencesSelect Bibliography==
{{Ref|Book=Bjorn & Shetelig 1940}}
{{Ref|Book=Edwards 1998}}
{{Ref|Book=Graham-Campbell & Batey 1998}}
{{Ref|Book=Grieg 1940}}
{{Ref|Book=Wheeler 1927}}
{{Ref|Book=Wheeler 1935}}
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[[Category:Weapons]]