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LOT 1748
Stone Age British Worked Flint Mixed Tool Group
MESOLITHIC-NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 11TH-4TH MILLENNIUM B.P.
7/8 - 1 1/2 in. (76 grams total, 23-38 mm).
Including microliths, plano-convex scrapers and other types. [20, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound on various sites in North East Essex, UK, since 1983.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
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