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LOT 1650
Stone Age Homo Heidelbergensis Flint Tool from Happisburgh
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 600,000-250,000 B.P.
3 1/2 in. (200 grams, 89 mm without stand).
Made from a large thick flint flake with cortex to the butt and inked notation 'AP Happisburgh 2018 Aug Site One'; mounted on a custom-made stand. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound by Mr Anthony Pryke in Happisburgh, Norfolk, UK, March 2019 near site 3.
FootnotesDiscovery 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 1650
Stone Age Homo Heidelbergensis Flint Tool from Happisburgh
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
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Opening Bid: £180
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