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LOT 1514
Neanderthal Knapped Quartzite Scraper Group
MOUSTERIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 80,000-40,000 B.P.
2 3/8 - 4 1/8 in. (330 grams total, 5.9-10.6 cm).
Including one triangular-section leaf-shape example and other types. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Le Grand Pressigny, Touraine, France.
From an old French collection.
From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.
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Stone Age Collection of Flint Tools and Implements
Palaeolithic-Neolithic Period, circa 200,000-6,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Including scrapers, other tools, and debutage. 199 grams total, 23-66 mm
From the collection of a Buckinghamshire, UK, collector established from the earlier 1960s. -
Stone Age 'Suffolk' Knapped Flint Tool Group
6th-4th millennium B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Mixed group of points and ovate scrapers. 78 grams total, 33-67 mm
Found Suffolk, UK. Property of a Nottinghamshire, UK, gentleman. -
Stone Age Neanderthal Knapped Quartzite Scraper Group
Mousterian Period, circa 80,000-40,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Irregular handtools, broadly triangular in section. 296 grams total, 67-96 mm
Found Bois du Rocher, St. Helen, Dinan, France. From an old French collection. From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.
