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LOT 1598
Large Stone Age Homo Erectus Stone Handaxe
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 1,000,000-500,000 B.P.
6 5/8 in. (588 grams, 16.9 cm without stand).
Broadly linguiform with thick rounded butt; marked '25535'; mounted on a custom-made stand. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom North Africa.
Part of a French collection built up in the mid 1900s, and sold via a European auction house.
Acquired from Mr P.M., Kent, UK.
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Substantial hand tool with some cortex to the butt; mounted on a custom-made display stand. 933 grams total including stand, stone: 18 cm
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Stone Age Tenerian Axe Head
Neolithic Period, circa 6,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
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Stone Age Homo Heidelbergensis Uniface Flint Handaxe from Happisburgh
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 600,000-250,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £351
Formed from a cobble and marked 'Happisburgh March 2019 AP Site 3 by Defences'; mounted on a custom-made stand. 237 grams, 10.3 cm without stand
Found by Mr Anthony Pryke in Happisburgh, Norfolk, UK, March 2019, near site 3.
Discovery by Mr A Pryke after the 'Beast from the East Storm', which stripped the beach of the sand and helped to erode the Palaeolithic artefacts from the ancient Thames river bed. During the time the artefacts were dropped, the Thames ran through North Norfolk and what is now Happisburgh before it was pushed down to its current position in London via the Ice Age glacial melts. The site of Happisburgh in Norfolk has helped to push the history of inhabitation of the British Isles back by 200,000 making it a site of special importance.
