**Originally Listed At $350**

Northwestern Africa, Acheulean (Lower Paleolithic) to Mesolithic Period, ca. 1.7 million to 8000 years ago. A pair of large hand-knapped stone tools that functioned as hand axes or scrapers. Both have bifacially flaked bodies and an elongated profile with a rounded grip and a tapered, chopping tip. The broad flaking patterns are remarkably smooth, this "desert varnish" is from millennia of exposure to the elements and sand. The Acheulean stone tool tradition - named after the location in France where tools of this kind were first identified in 1847 - represented a technological revolution for early humans, homo erectus. It is always thrilling to hold such ancient artefacts and imagine our prehistoric ancestors also holding these stones some thousands of years earlier! Size: 8" L x 3" W (20.3 cm x 7.6 cm)

Provenance: private southwestern Pennsylvania, USA collection, acquired prior to 2000

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#159871

Stable hair line fissure on one and a few minor chips. Otherwise, both are intact and very good. Surfaces are smooth with a nice patina.