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LOT 1639
British Stone Age Knapped Flint Axe
MIDDLE PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 150,000-60,000 B.P.
4 3/8 in. (192 grams, 11.2 cm).
Knapped from light grey flint and with an old handwritten label to one side. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Test Road, Huzbourough Copse, Hampshire, UK, January 1966.
From the collection of Martin Doyle, Leverstock, UK, 1980s-2000s.
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French Mousterian Stone Age Knapper Flint Levallois Point
Middle Palaeolithic Period, circa 150,000-60,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Triangular in plan, with a bulb at the base; made by Neanderthals. 36.2 grams, 69 mm
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Huge Stone Age Acheulean Ovate Flint Handaxe
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 600,000-350,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £676
Extremely large example of a chopping tool, likely made by Homo heidelbergensis; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 1.54 kg, 21.1 cm
From the well-regarded, long-closed quarry site of St Meme, Charente, France. From an old, large French collection. Acquired on the European art market. From a UK private collection.
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