Palaeolithic British Large Knapped Bifacial Axe

Palaeolithic 400,000 BP. A large finely knapped bifacial flint handaxe with rounded butt. 29 grams, 20cm (8"). From the Wharton family collection; found by the vendor's grandfather at Stockley, Middle

Palaeolithic, 300000-200000 BP. A very large finely knapped bifacial handaxe in orange quartzite; from Sahara desert region. 1.7 kg, 22.5cm (9"). Property of a Derbyshire collector; formerly part of a

Palaeolithic, 400,000-200,000 years BP. A group comprising: three bifacial knapped hand axes in fine-grained stone, each of typical form; possibly from the Sahara region of North Africa. 2 kg total, 1

Palaeolithic, 300,000 years BP. A finely knapped bifacial handaxe with a rounded butt, tapering to a fine point, in a brown quartzite, showing some wind polish. 767 grams, 19cm (7 1/2"). Property of a

Lower Palaeolithic, 500,000-130,000 BP. A small knapped bifacial hand axe of slightly ovate form; in a pale pink flint; with old collector label numbered 8 and explanatory ticket. See Evans, Sir J., T

Palaeolithic, 1.9 million - 70,000 years BP. A large bifacial quartzite piriform hand-axe showing wind-erosion to the surfaces. 2.1 kg, 25cm (9 3/4") Property of a European collector; formerly from th

Middle Palaeolithic, 300,000-30,000 BP. A finely knapped hand axe with twist in cross-section; the flint grey in colour with black border and cream lower body; old inked accession details to one face

Circa 11000 BP and later. Group comprising: a uniface knapped spearhead with tang, formed on a large flake with some cortex remaining so possibly not fully finished; a bifacial ground axe with strongl

Middle Palaeolithic Period, circa 240,000- 38,000 B.P.. Cordiform with large residue of cortex at the butt. Cf. MacGregor, A. (ed.), Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the Collection of Lord

Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 400,000-200,000 B.P.. Broad and bifacially knapped, on a large flake with convex point and rounded butt, showing some cortex; with custom-made display stand. 765 grams

**Originally Listed At $350** Northern / Western Africa, Mauritania, Mesolithic Period, ca. 15000 to 5000 BCE. A large bifacial chert hand tool or axe that is expertly knapped from a mottled stone wit

Native American, United States, Texas / Northern Mexico, Late Archaic to Woodland, ca. 1000 BCE to 500 CE. A large hand-knapped bifacial chert knife or spear blade with an elliptical cross section kno

Neolithic, 5th-3rd millennium BC. A fully bifacial knapped and large sickle knife of crescentic shape with concave cutting edge tapering from a squared butt to a curved tip, showing light wear polish

Northwestern Africa, Algeria, Sahara Desert, Ternifine, Acheulean, Lower Paleolithic, Acheulean period, ca. 1.7 million to 500,000 years ago. A pair of hand-knapped bifacial tools used as hand axes ma

Pre-Columbian, Valley of Mexico, Aztec, ca. 1300 CE. This is an interestingly shaped, large bifacial blade flint-knapped from a white and beige chert, with a slight rounded stem. Size: 10" L x 3" W (2

Neolithic, 5th-2nd millennium BC. The major portion of a knapped bifacial sickle knife in a grey-brown translucent flint, showing some wear polish to the almost straight cutting edge. 55 grams, 11cm (

Palaeolithic 400,000 BP. A knapped flint handaxe cleaver with rounded butt, cortex to the flat edge. 525 grams, 15cm (6"). From the Wharton family collection; found by the vendor's grandfather at Stoc

Palaeolithic 400,000 BP. A knapped flint handaxe with pointed butt. 42 grams, 17.5cm (7"). From the Wharton family collection; found by the vendor's grandfather at Stockley, Middlesex, in the late 194

Palaeolithic 400,000 BP. A finely knapped flint handaxe with pointed butt. 421 grams, 15.5cm (6 1/4"). From the Wharton family collection; found by the vendor's grandfather at Stockley, Middlesex, in

**Originally Listed At $700** Pre-Columbian, Mayan Territories, ca. 500 to 900 CE. An absolutely gorgeous piece of blue-grey, cream, and yellow chert that has been knapped into a large hand axe. Knapp

**First Time At Auction** North America, modern-day southeastern/midwestern United States, Mississippian culture, ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. A large, heavy, grooved stone axe, hand-knapped and smoothed from

Lower Palaeolithic Period, circa 400,000-200,000 B.P.. Triangular with broad rounded butt; with old inked inked label 'Callands Lane / Oct 1994 / CW'. Cf. MacGregor, A. (ed.), Antiquities from Europe

Neolithic, 4th-2nd millennium BC. A bifacial knapped knife of lentoid cross section and fine workmanship; in a mottled grey flint; with a large inked label in Danish giving details and dated 1928. See

Native American, United States, Archaic period, ca. 3000 to 1000 BCE. A remarkable hand-knapped chert bifacial tool with a disc shape and a rounded upper face that is nearly perfectly smoothed, and a