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LOT 1596
French Stone Age 'Mousterian' Levallois Spear Tip
MIDDLE PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 150,000-60,000 B.P.
2 1/2 in. (57.5 grams, 89 mm).
Triangular in plan with gently curved butt, lateral facets, [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom Yonne, Bourgogne Franche-Compte Region of France.
From a large French collection built up in the early 1900s.
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French Stone Age 'Neanderthal' Handaxe with Fossil Echinoid
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Triangular in profile and biconvex in section with some cortex and embedded fossil to one face; mounted on a custom-made stand. 458 grams, 12.1 cm (516 grams total, 16 cm including stand)
Found Dordogne, France. From the collection of Jean-Claude Debenne (1936-2020), an amateur prehistorian and former member of the French Society of Prehistory and the Prehistoric Association of the South-West; also a Honorary Member of the Geological Club of Ile-de-France; his collection of flints formed between the 1950s and 1990s, and coming from Ile-de-France, Oise, Val-d’Oise and the Dordogne.
An extremely rare artefact due to the fossil Echinoid being retained on the front of the handaxe and utilised during its creation. Dual silky patina from being sat within nutrient-rich soil, which contrasts against the remaining golden orange cortex. Attributed to Neanderthal - Mousterian in the form of the Acheulean (MTA).
