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LOT 1948
Stone Age Lozenge-Shaped Arrowhead Collection
NEOLITHIC PERIOD, 6TH-4TH MILLENNIUM B.C.
7/8 - 1 5/8 in. (101 grams total, 22-43 mm).
Comprising mostly bifacial and uniface lozenge-shaped 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 more 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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