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LOT 1480
Stone Age 'Bacton' Knapped Flint Handaxe
MIDDLE PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 240,000- 38,000 B.P.
3 1/4 in. (130 grams, 81 mm).
Sub-cordiform, lentoid in section with butt formed from the unaltered cortex-covered surface. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Bacton, Norfolk, UK, by John Craven in 2020.
LiteratureCf. MacGregor, A. (ed.), Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the Collection of Lord MacAlpine of West Green, Oxford, 1987, item 1.17, for type.
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