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LOT 1620
Stone Age Homo Heidelbergensis Flint Flake Tool from Happisburgh
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 600,000-250,000 B.P.
2 7/8 in. (180 grams, 74 mm).
Cordiform with lateral chamfers to the upper face, made from a large thick flint flake; marked to the butt 'Happisburgh 2019 JA Bay One AP'. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found by Mr Anthony Pryke in Happisburgh, Norfolk, UK, January 2019 near site 1.
Footnotes
Discovery by Mr A Pryke after the 'Beast from the East Storm' which stripped the beach of the sand and helped to erode the Palaeolithic artefacts from the ancient Thames river bed. During the time the artefacts were dropped, the Thames ran through North Norfolk and what is now Happisburgh before it was pushed down to its current position in London via the Ice age glacial melts. The site of Happisburgh in Norfolk has helped to push the history of inhabitation of the British Isles back by 200,000 making it a site of special importance.
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LOT 1620
Stone Age Homo Heidelbergensis Flint Flake Tool from Happisburgh
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
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