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LOT 1548
Acheulian Knapped Scraper/Implement Group
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 700,000-600,000 B.P.
2 7/8 - 4 5/8 in. (442 grams total, 7.3-11.9 cm).
Including one with cortex to the narrow upper face, and other types. [3, No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Le Grand Pressigny, Touraine, France.
From an old French collection.
From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.
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