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LOT 1735
British Stone Age Knapped Flint Axe
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 600,000-350,000 B.P.
5 5/8 in. (550 grams, 14.4 cm).
Knapped from orange-brown flint and with an old label to one side. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Chivers Pit, Hampshire, UK, 1965.
From the collection of Martin Doyle, Leverstock, UK, 1980s-2000s.
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Stone Age Flint Debitage Group
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