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Extremely Rare Stone Age 'Happisburgh' Knapped Flint Handaxe
Extremely Rare Stone Age 'Happisburgh' Knapped Flint Handaxe
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Lower Palaeolithic Period, 600,000-450,000 years B.P. A thick, hard hammer struck primary flake, the dorsal face steeply retouched on one side to form a single, long edge scraper or cutting edge; perhaps a unifacial segmental chopper of Type L ‘handaxe’' the extant cortex thin and weathered, now patchy grey in colour. See Wymer, J.J., The Lower Palaeolithic Occupation of Britain, Salisbury, 1999. 133 grams, 88 mm (3 1/2 in.).

Found Happisburgh, North Norfolk, UK, by John Craven on Saturday 14th July 2018. From the collection of a Norfolk, UK, lady collector. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.NMS-09F375.

A serious collector's piece from the site of the oldest known stone tools in the UK and North West Europe. [No Reserve]
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Extremely Rare Stone Age 'Happisburgh' Knapped Flint Handaxe

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