Stone Wristguard

3D Model

Stone Wristguard

2250 -1950 BCE

Found near Aston on Trent, Derbyshire

This polished stone wristguard was found with a Beaker pot and a barb and tang arrowhead in Aston on Trent Derbyshire. It was probably buried in someones grave, but due to the acidic soil no human remains had survived.

Stone wrist guards like this were once thought to be part of an archer’s equipment. Recent research suggests they may have been more symbolic, a sign of identity or status rather than proof that the person was an archer in life.

Object Number 1967-810/3

3D model created by Iva Minkova and Dr Susanna Sherwin, Department of Classics and Archaeology. Classics and Archaeology department, University of Nottingham Part of an N-MESH collaboration. Scanned using an Artec Space Spider, processed in Artec Studio 18