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LOT 1563
Stone Age Neanderthal Knapped Quartzite Scraper Group
MOUSTERIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 80,000-40,000 B.P.
2 5/8 - 3 3/4 in. (296 grams total, 67-96 mm).
Irregular handtools, broadly triangular in section. [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Bois du Rocher, St. Helen, Dinan, France.
From an old French collection.
From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.
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Large Stone Age Polished Axehead
Neolithic Period, circa 6000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
With straight tapering sides, broad edge and narrow butt. 770 grams, 19 cm
From a collection built in the mid 1900s. Acquired on the European art market. From the private collection of an East Anglian, UK, specialist collector. -
Stone Age Grinding Stone Group
Neolithic Period, 6th-4th millennium B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Three circular grinding stones, one nearly spherical, the other two spherical with a flat side. 505 grams total, 42-58 mm
From the private family collection of a lady, UK; acquired in Germany mid 20th century.
Artefacts made using grinding tools included shovel-like tools, stone axes, bracelets, and chisels. Because these tools were ground, they required considerable time to be done. In Europe, grinding tools are closely linked to the Neolithic Age, while Levantine grinding tools only appeared during the Mesolithic Period II (Natufian culture). -
Stone Age Acheulian Knapped Axehead
Palaeolithic Period, circa 300,000-200,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Roughly piriform in profile with tapering point. 530 grams, 14.6 cm
Found Erg Belfelfoul, Algeria, 1967. From an old Hamburg, Germany collection. From the property of a late Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.
