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LOT 1505
Stone Age 'Calvados' Flaked Axe
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 8000-3000 B.C.
5 1/4 in. (297 grams, 13.5 cm).
Triangular in section with broad cutting edge, old collector's label 'Hache Taillée / Roche Gréseuse / L14cm. Néolithique / Calvados / 8000 à 3000 AJC / Homo Sapiens Sapiens' [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Calvados, France.
LiteratureCf. MacGregor, A. (ed.), Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the Collection of Lord MacAlpine of West Green, Oxford, 1987, item 4.4, for type.
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