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LOT 1466
Extremely Rare Stone Age 'Happisburgh' Knapped Flint Handaxe
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, 600,000-450,000 YEARS B.P.
3 1/2 in. (133 grams, 88 mm).
A thick, hard hammer struck primary flake, the dorsal face steeply retouched on one side to form a single, long edge scraper or cutting edge; perhaps a unifacial segmental chopper of Type L ‘handaxe’' the extant cortex thin and weathered, now patchy grey in colour. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Happisburgh, North Norfolk, UK, by John Craven on Saturday 14th July 2018.
From the collection of a Norfolk, UK, lady collector.
Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.NMS-09F375.
Literature
See Wymer, J.J., The Lower Palaeolithic Occupation of Britain, Salisbury, 1999.
Footnotes
A serious collector's piece from the site of the oldest known stone tools in the UK and North West Europe.
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LOT 1466
Extremely Rare Stone Age 'Happisburgh' Knapped Flint Handaxe
Sold for (Inc. bp): £624
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