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LOT 0270
British Stone Age 'Happisburgh' Flint Handaxe
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 600,000-250,000 B.P.
3 1/2 in. (4 1/2 in.) (175 grams, 90 mm (213 grams total, 11.3 cm including stand)).
Cordate in profile with worked cutting edge; mounted on a custom-made stand.
ProvenanceDiscovered by P Macro at Happisburgh, Norfolk, UK, in 2019.
FootnotesThe site of Happisburgh in Norfolk has helped to push the history of inhabitation of the British Isles back by 200,000 years, making it a site of special importance.
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