Stone Age Long Flint Arrowhead Group

NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 8TH-5TH MILLENNIUM B.C.

1 1/4 - 2 1/4 in. (140 grams total, 33-56 mm).

Comprising mostly bifacial and uniface leaf-shaped flint and chert arrowheads; probably from the Sahara region of North Africa. [50, No Reserve]

Provenance

UK gallery, early 2000s.

Literature

See Greenwell, David, F., Artefacts of North Africa, privately published, 2005, for much information.

Footnotes

Between the Mesolithic and Neolithic periods, some of the most useful human inventions were perfected, including the bow and arrow. The feathered arrow for hunting birds was invented. Most arrows used during hunting were tipped with flint or obsidian, although some had blunt wooden tips to stun birds without injuring them. The bows were made of ash and the strings were made of animal sinews.

CONDITION

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LOT 1487