Stone Age Axehead Group

Neolithic, 5th-3rd millennium BC. A pair of knapped stone axeheads comprising: one tongue-shaped with straight edge; one substantial, square in section with curved edge and square butt. 719 grams tota

Neolithic, 6th-4th millennium BC. A mixed group of ground and polished diorite axeheads, two rounded with pecked body and polished edge, one polished with narrow butt. 490 grams total, 79-99mm (3 1/4

Neolithic Period, circa 5th millennium B.C. A trio of pecked stone axeheads with lentoid-section bodies; two with traces of polished surfaces; two with inked collector's number, including one with old

Neolithic, 6th-4th millennium BC. A mixed group of slate axe blades, one with square butt, two with rounded butt, one with shoulders. 215 grams, 70-96mm (2 3/4 - 3 3/4"). Property of a Lincolnshire ge

Neolithic, 5th-2nd millennium BC. A group of three fine-grained knapped flint axes, each with slightly curved cutting edge, narrow butt and partially polished surfaces. 517 grams total, 10-12cm (4 - 4

5th-3rd millennium B.C. A group of two polished stone axeheads of different sizes, both with lentoid cross-sections and convex cutting edges; old inked collection inventory number to both: 'R.0824.02.

Neolithic, 5th-3rd millennium BC. A mixed group comprising: a large axe with tapered sides, rounded butt and slightly convex polished cutting edge, in a mottled pale grey chert; a similar, smaller axe

Neolithic, 6th-2nd millennium BC. A mixed group comprising: a discoid scraper with some cortex remaining; two knapped and polished axeheads, each with a square butt. 420 grams total, 80-95mm (3 1/4 -

Tenerian Culture, 7500-5300 B.C. A stone tool group, comprising a pecked and ground axe head with a curved cutting edge and a narrow-rounded butt, together with a hammer stone. 1.85 kg total, 12-15.1

Neolithic, 8th-5th millennium BC. A knapped and polished flint axehead with rounded butt, gently curved edge. Cf. Evans, J. The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain, London

Neolithic, 3rd-2nd millennium BC. A mixed group comprising: a knapped flint handaxe; a knapped flint sickle blade; two sickle blade fragments. 203 grams total, 5.5-15cm (2 1/4 - 6"). Property of an Am

Neolithic, 8000-5000 BP. A pecked and ground stone axe with polished convex cutting edge tapering to rounded butt. 360 grams, 13.2cm (5 1/4"). Property of an English gentleman; formerly with a UK gall

Neolithic, 4th-2nd millennium BC. A mixed group of stone tools comprising: five polished axe blades; two tanged arrowheads; six flint scrapers. 351 grams total, 46-84mm (1 3/4 - 3 1/4"). Property of a

Neolithic, 3rd-2nd millennium BC. A mixed group of bifacial knapped points in orange-brown flint comprising: three triangular-section tanged types; three leaf-shaped types. 18 grams total, 24-53mm (1

Neolithic, 5th-2nd millennium BC. A large finely knapped axehead with asymmetrical cutting edge, tapering squared sides and squared butt; formed in grey chert. 500 grams, 14.5cm (5 3/4"). Property of

1st millennium BC. A mixed group of knapped arrowheads including types with waisted tang and triangular 'war points'. Cf. Miles, C. Indian and Eskimo Artifacts of North America, Chicago, 1963, fig. 1.

2nd millennium BC. A group of nine snapped sections of Bronze Age axeheads. 340 grams, 21-70mm (5/8 - 2 7/8"). From an Essex collection; acquired continental Europe in the 1960s. [9, No Reserve]

Neolithic Period, circa 6th-4th millennium B.C. With curved butt and convex sides, offset mounting hole. Cf. MacGregor, A., (ed.), Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the Collection of Lord M

Neolithic, 4th-2nd millennium BC. A pecked and polished perforated axe of boat-shaped profile. 349 grams, 13.5cm (5 1/4"). Property of a professional; acquired on the European art market in the 1980s.

Neolithic, 6th-4th millennium BC. A mixed group of twenty modelled pottery beads of rounded and disc form. 230 grams total, 13-41mm (1/2 - 1 3/4") Property of a German collector; acquired in the 1990s

Neolithic, 5th-3rd millennium BC. A small, finely pecked and polished axe, the butt squared, with asymmetric slightly convex cutting edge; in a dark grey stone. 138 grams, 90mm (3 1/2"). Property of a

Neolithic, 4th-2nd millennium BC. A knapped handaxe in patterned flint with rounded butt and broad curved and chamfered cutting edge. 493 grams, 16cm (6 1/4"). Property of a London businessman, from h

Neolithic, 4th-3rd millennium BC. A group comprising: four bifacially knapped sickle-knives, each with curved back and concave cutting edge, two serrated; three showing wear polish; in grey to brown f

5th-2nd millennium BC. A mixed group of stone items, some with inked findspots, comprising: four flint scrapers; two discoid scrapers; two arrowheads; six flint 'knife' microliths. 331 grams total, 16