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LOT 1572
Stone Age 'South Downs' Flint Fabricator
MESOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 12000-9000 B.P.
4 3/8 in. (95 grams, 11.1 cm).
Elongated lentoid-section flint core axe with old 'SOUTH DOWNS' legend. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound South Downs, UK.
From the collection of a South West London, UK, specialist Stone Age collector.
Cf. MacGregor, A. (ed.), Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the Collection of Lord McAlpine of West Green, Oxford, 1987, item 3.3.
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