出土於臺南科學園區內的三寶埤遺址,年代距今約2800-2000年前,屬新石器時代晚期的大湖文化烏山頭期。 經修復,以鹿角製成,上部似三個依序排列的箭頭,在兩側各形成三個倒鉤;下部穿一孔,附近器表具明顯磨銼痕;底端向內收束,器背較平整,磨製不完全。 南科此時期的遺址中,發現的骨器並不多,主要以陸生哺乳類的肢骨或鹿角製成骨尖器、穿孔骨器等類別,其功能應為縫紉用的尖器,以及捕魚使用的魚叉、魚鉤等。
This harpoon point is made from an antler. It is shaped like three arrowheads arranged in a row, forming three sets of barbs on the side of the artifact. At the bottom of the artifact is a drilled hole below which friction marks are apparent on the surface. The harpoon point has a narrow end at the base. The backside is flat and has been polished in several areas. Few bone tools have been found from adjacent sites of the same period. The majority were points made with sea mammal long bones or antlers, some of which have drilled holes on one end, which could have functioned as needles for sewing, or as harpoons or fishhooks.
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