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Clacton Spear
| Clacton Spear | |
|---|---|
 Clacton Spear at the Natural History Museum, London | |
| Material | Yew wood |
| Size | length: 387 mm width: 39 mm |
| Created | c. 410,000 years ago |
| Discovered | 1911 Clacton-on-Sea, England, United Kingdom |
| Discovered by | Samuel Warren |
| Present location | London, England, United Kingdom |
The Clacton Spear, or Clacton Spear Point, is the tip of a wooden spear discovered in Clacton-on-Sea in 1911. At approximately 400,000 years old, it is the oldest known worked wooden implement.[1]
- ^ Allington-Jones, L., (2015) Archaeological Journal, 172 (2) 273–296 The Clacton Spear – The Last One Hundred Years
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