THE TRANSVERSAL ARROW HEADS

The transverse (transversal) arrow heads which starting from the Epi-palaeolithic period and continued to Early Bronze Age I are one of the substantially interesting types of chipped stone tools. This paper has two aims. First, the transversal arrow heads that are not recognized very well even by most of the archaeologist in our country are to introduce a general sense. Second, in recent years, despite the increase in the number of excavations that contain the Neolithic and Chalcolithic cultural layers in Turkey, the archaeologists should be aware of the fact that these layers and the pertinent assemblages are confined to a few excavation sites because of the existing applications of excavation strategies (e.g. sieve size and sieving systems).