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Stone Age 'Salisbury' Knapped Flint Handaxe
Stone Age 'Salisbury' Knapped Flint Handaxe
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Lower Palaeolithic Period, 480,000-250,000 B.C. Irregular ovate form with cortex remaining, broad knapped edge. Cf. MacGregor, A. (ed.), Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the Collection of Lord MacAlpine of West Green, Oxford, 1987, item 1.9, for type. 744 grams, 15.5 cm (6 1/8 in.).

Found whilst field walking near Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK. Ex British private collection. From the collection of a South West London, UK, specialist Stone Age collector.

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Stone Age 'Salisbury' Knapped Flint Handaxe

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