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LOT 1520
Acheulian Knapped Scraper/Knife Group.
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 700,000-600,000 B.P.
3 1/8 - 4 1/8 in. (290 grams total, 8-10.7 cm).
Including triangular-section pointed tool and other types. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Le Grand Pressigny, Touraine, France.
From an old French collection.
From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.
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Stone Age Knapped Scraper and Implement Collection
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 700,000-600,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £14
Bore triangular in section with square butt, scraper with broad edge. 109 grams total, 72-78 mm
Found Department Indre et Loire, Epargne, Grand Pressigny, South West France. Collected in the 1930s. Ex Cambridgeshire, UK, collector. From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman. -
Large Stone Age Leaf-Shaped Arrowhead Collection
Neolithic Period, 6th-4th millennium B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Comprising mostly bifacial and uniface leaf-shaped and piriform flint and chert arrowheads; probably from the Sahara region of North Africa. 414 grams total, 36-61 mm
UK gallery, early 2000s.
Similar specimens of arrowheads have been found in the Eastern Sahara Region of Abu Tartur Plateau. Most of the arrowheads came from the El Jarar Neolithic, c. 7700-7300 B.P. (c.6500-6100 B.C.). Other parallels occur in the region of Kharga Oasis. -
French Stone Age 'Gravettian' Long Crested Blade
Upper Palaeolithic Period, circa 35,000-25,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
With fine re-touch around the tip; cortex to one face. 119 grams, 16 cm
Found Dordogne, France. Ex M G Georgen collection. Mr Georgen built up a large collection during the mid 1900s and was sold at auction after his death.
