Massive European Stone Age Flint Axehead

NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 4000-2000 B.C.

9 5/8 in. (22 grams, 24.5 cm).

Substantial cleaver pre-form with rounded butt.

Provenance

Found continental Europe.
Ex Victor Brox collection, UK, formed during the 1980s-1990s.
From the collection of a South West London, UK, specialist Stone Age collector.

Literature

Cf. Evans, J., The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain, London, 1897, item 37.

Footnotes

Preforms such as this unusually large and undamaged example were widely traded during Neolithic times and were a valuable commodity in communities which lacked suitable material for stone tool production. There has been research showing signs of wear from rubbing against cloth, suggesting that they might have been carried over long distances.

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