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LOT 1569
Stone Age Neanderthal Knapped Quartzite Scraper Group
MOUSTERIAN PERIOD, CIRCA 80,000-40,000 B.P.
2 1/2 - 3 3/8 in. (232 grams total, 62-87 mm).
Irregular scraper group, each with a knapped cutting edge. [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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Stone Age Knapped Flint Scraper Group
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Mainly ovate scrapers with broad edge, some cortex to butt. 43 grams total, 26-50 mm
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Stone Age Acheulian Knapped Axehead
Palaeolithic Period, circa 300,000-200,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Substantial triangular-section handaxe with broad rounded butt; tip absent. 415 grams, 15.2 cm
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Palaeolithic Period, circa 200,000 B.P.Sold for (Inc. bp): £17
Mainly scrapers of various sizes, some with inked accession number. 97 grams total, 36-73 mm
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