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LOT 1543
Stone Age Knapped Flint Projectile Point Collection
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 6TH-4TH MILLENNIUM B.P.
1 5/8 - 2 in. (30 grams total, 43-51 mm).
Mainly triangular-section acute-pointed types. [6, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Norfolk, UK.
From an old family collection, 1930s-1960s.
From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.
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Stone Age Knapped Tanged Point Collection
Aterian Period, circa 80,000-40,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Spade-shaped, triangular and other types, each with a tang. 51 grams total, 37-53 mm
Found Grotte des Pigeons, Taforalt, Morocco, North Africa. Ex Arthur Halcrow Versage collection, Reigate, Surrey, UK. From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman. -
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Stone Age Tenerian Pecked Celt Axe
Neolithic Period, 9th-7th millennium B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
With round-section butt and shank, flat edge; marked 'AX8'. 488 grams, 16 cm
From South Central Sahara. From the estate of late Aberdeenshire collector. From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman. -
Large Stone Age Barbed and Tanged Arrowhead Collection
Neolithic Period, 6th-4th millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Comprising mostly bifacial and uniface barbed and tanged flint and chert arrowheads; probably from the Sahara region of North Africa. 50 grams total, 32-50 mm
UK gallery, early 2000s.
Similar specimens of arrowheads have been found in the Eastern Sahara Region of Abu Tartur Plateau. Most of the arrowheads came from the El Jarar Neolithic, c. 7700-7300 B.P. (c.6500-6100 B.C.). Other parallels occur in the region of Kharga Oasis.
