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LOT 1684
Stone Age Angular and Other Arrowhead Collection
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 6TH-4TH MILLENNIUM B.P.
1 - 2 in. (100 grams total, 24-48 mm).
Comprising mostly bifacial and uniface flint and chert arrowheads; probably from the Sahara region of North Africa. [50, No Reserve]
ProvenanceUK gallery, early 2000s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
See Greenwell, D.F., Artefacts of North Africa, privately published, 2005, for much information.
FootnotesSimilar specimens of arrowheads have been found in the Eastern Sahara Region of Abu Tartur Plateau. Most of the arrowheads came from the El Jarar Neolithic, c. 7700-7300 B.P. (c.6500-6100 B.C.). Other parallels occur in the region of Kharga Oasis.
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