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LOT 1508
Stone Age Collection of Flint Tools and Implements
PALAEOLITHIC-NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 200,000-6,000 B.P.
7/8 - 2 5/8 in. (199 grams total, 23-66 mm).
Including scrapers, other tools, and debutage. [15, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a Buckinghamshire, UK, collector established from the earlier 1960s.
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Neolithic Period, 6th-4th millennium B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
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