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LOT 1509
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]
Provenance
Found Calvados, France.
Literature
Cf. 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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