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LOT 1497
Stone Age 'Bacton' Knapped Flint Handaxe
MIDDLE PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 240,000- 38,000 B.P.
3 3/8 in. (253 grams, 84 mm).
Sub-cordiform handaxe with white cortex to the butt. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found Bacton, Norfolk, UK, by John Craven in 2020.
Literature
Cf. MacGregor, A. (ed.), Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the Collection of Lord MacAlpine of West Green, Oxford, 1987, item 1.21, for type.
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