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LOT 1216
Stone Age Flint Implement Collection
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 8TH-5TH MILLENNIUM B.C.
1 1/2 - 3 7/8 in. (608 grams total, 37-98 mm).
Comprising a group of mixed stone implements, mostly in flint or chert and knapped, including blades, scrapers and points; some broken and probably from the Sahara region of North Africa. [31, No Reserve]
ProvenanceUK gallery, early 2000s.
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Stone Age Acheulian Hand Axe
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Stone Age Chert Hand Axe
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 400,000-200,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
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Old German collection, before 1920.