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LOT 1496
Stone Age 'Salisbury' Knapped Ficron Handaxe
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 400,000-200,000 B.P.
6 in. (372 grams, 15 cm).
Narrow triangular-section pointed handaxe with broad butt. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound by a field walker in Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK.
LiteratureCf. MacGregor, A. (ed.), Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the Collection of Lord MacAlpine of West Green, Oxford, 1987, item 1.7, for type.
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