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LOT 1512
Stone Age Collection of Flint Tools and Implements
PALAEOLITHIC-NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 200,000-6,000 B.P.
1 - 2 3/4 in. (245 grams total, 24-70 mm).
Including scrapers and other tools, and debutage. [14, No Reserve]
Provenance
From the collection of a Buckinghamshire, UK, collector established from the earlier 1960s.
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