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LOT 1495
Stone Age Lozenge-Shaped Arrowhead Collection
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 6TH-4TH MILLENNIUM B.C.
3/4 - 1 5/8 in. (95 grams total, 21-42 mm).
Comprising mostly bifacial and uniface leaf-shaped and piriform flint and chert arrowheads; probably from the Sahara region of North Africa. [50, No Reserve]
ProvenanceUK gallery, early 2000s.
LiteratureSee Greenwell, D.F., Artefacts of North Africa, privately published, 2005, for much information.
FootnotesSimilar 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.
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