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LOT 1953
French Stone Age Green Stone Polished Axe Head
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6000 B.P.
2 3/4 in. (92 grams, 69 mm).
With broad cutting edge and pointed butt; inked findspot '18 Clansayes Drome'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Clansayes, Drome, France.
From a collection acquired at Bonhams in the 2020s.
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UK gallery, early 2000s.
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Neolithic Period, circa 4,000 years B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
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French Stone Age Magdalenian Bone Awl
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Well-preserved bone awl from ‘’Abris Val De Seine’’. 9.05 grams, 94.4 mm
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The Magdalenian is a technocomplex of the Late Upper Palaeolithic. It dates from around 21,000 to 13,000 years BP. It is named after the type site of Abri de la Madeleine, a rock shelter located in the Vézère valley of Tursac in Dordogne, France.
