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LOT 0285
Stone Age 'Salisbury' Knapped Flint Handaxe
LOWER PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, 480,000-250,000 B.C.
6 1/8 in. (744 grams, 15.5 cm).
Irregular ovate form with cortex remaining, broad knapped edge. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Found whilst field walking near Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK.
Ex British private collection.
From the collection of a South West London, UK, specialist Stone Age collector.
Literature
Cf. MacGregor, A. (ed.), Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the Collection of Lord MacAlpine of West Green, Oxford, 1987,
item 1.9, for type.
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