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LOT 1502
Massive Stone Age 'Reims' Knapped Handaxe
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 400,000-200,000 B.P.
7 1/4 in. (646 grams, 18.5 cm).
With facetted point and lentoid section. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Reims, France.
LiteratureCf. MacGregor, A. (ed.), Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the Collection of Lord MacAlpine of West Green, Oxford, 1987, item 1.26.
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