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LOT 1593
Stone Age Knapped Flint Scraper Group
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 5500-4500 B.P.
1 - 2 in. (43 grams total, 26-50 mm).
Mainly ovate scrapers with broad edge, some cortex to butt. [4, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Bolton, East Riding of Yorkshire, UK.
Ex Arthur Halcrow Versage collection, Reigate, Surrey, UK.
From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.
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Large Stone Age 'Homo Heidelbergensis' Handaxe
Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 600,000-350,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
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Stone Age Lozenge-Shaped Arrowhead Collection
Neolithic Period, 6th-4th millennium B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Comprising mostly bifacial and uniface leaf-shaped and piriform flint and chert arrowheads; probably from the Sahara region of North Africa. 95 grams total, 21-42 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. -
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.
