Stone Age 'Watton' Flint Handaxe

PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 240,000-38,000 B.P.

4 1/8 in. (166 grams, 10.5 cm).

Lentoid in section with rounded butt. [No Reserve]

Provenance

Found Watton, Norfolk, UK, by a farmer/landowner.
From an old Norfolk, UK, 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 McAlpine of West Green, Oxford, 1987, item 1.27, for type.

CONDITION

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