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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 Knapped Aterian Knife
Middle Palaeolithic Period, 145,000-40,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
With square butt and rounded edge, mottled coloration. 33.7 grams, 69 mm
Found Sahara desert of North Africa. Ex Arthur Halcrow Versage collection, Reigate, Surrey, UK. From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman. -
Stone Age Neanderthal Knapped Quartzite Scraper Group
Mousterian Period, circa 80,000-40,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £10
Irregular scraper group, each with a knapped cutting edge. 232 grams total, 62-87 mm
Found Bois du Rocher, St. Helen, Dinan, France. From an old French collection. From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman. -
Stone Age Collection of Flint Tools and Implements
Palaeolithic-Neolithic Period, circa 200,000-6,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Including scrapers and other tools, and debutage. 250 grams total, 20.6-68 mm
From the collection of a Buckinghamshire, UK, collector established from the earlier 1960s.
