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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]
ProvenanceFound 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.
See Wymer, J.J., The Lower Palaeolithic Occupation of Britain, Salisbury, 1999.
FootnotesA 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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