Stone Age Pecked Hammer Stone

NEOLITHIC-EARLY BRONZE AGE, CIRCA 6000-4500 B.P.

5 5/8 in. (766 grams, 14.3 cm).

Tapering columnar form with rounded butt, chipped edges to striking face. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From an old British collection, Buckinghamshire, UK.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.BA23; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.

Literature

Cf. MacGregor, A., (ed.), Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the Collection of Lord MacAlpine of West Green, Oxford, 1987, item 6.23, for type.

CONDITION

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