Stone Age Knapped Flint Handaxe

LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, 480,000-250,000 B.C.

4 3/8 in. (209 grams, 11.1 cm).

Irregular ovate cleaver with broad cutting edge, chipped through usage; amber-coloured patination. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From the collection of Jean-Claude Debenne (1936-2020), an amateur prehistorian and former member of the French Society of Prehistory and the Prehistoric Association of the South-West, as well as an Honorary Member of the Geological Club of Ile-de-France.
This collection of flints was assembled between the 1950s and 1990s and originates from Ile-de-France, Oise, and Val-d'Oise.

Literature

Cf. MacGregor, A., (ed.) Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the Collection of Lord McAlpine of West Green, Oxford, 1987, item1.18, for type.

CONDITION

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