French Neolithic Stone Hand Axe

Western Europe, northern France, Oise department, Hardivillers, Neolithic period, ca. 7000 to 2000 BCE. A lovely hand-knapped chert stone hand axe from the Neolithic period. The axe has a thick butt e

Neolithic French Stone Age Acheulean Hand Axes An absolutely unique and beautiful rare Early Neolithic Flint Axe/Adze from Troussencourt in Northern France. (Oise Region) The Artefacts from this area

Western Europe, northern France, Oise department, Hardivillers, Neolithic period, ca. 7000 to 2000 BCE. A trio of chert hand axes or scrapers, knapped stone technology that marked Neolithic life in no

France, Mousterian Period, most likely from the hand of a Neanderthal Man, ca. 40,000 BCE. Gorgeous hand axe in creamy flint or chert. Liberally knapped on each side with sharpened frontal edge and a

France, Somme River Valley, Abbevillian industry of the Early Acheulean culture, ca. 600,000 years old and made by Homo Heidelbergensis, a possible common ancestor of homo sapiens and neanderthals. La

Northern Europe, Denmark, Neolithic period, ca. 3900 to 1700 BCE. A chert hand axe with retooling. One side has blue, white, and purple hues, while the other has warm, mottled brown-grey hues. The pol

**Originally Listed At $300** North Africa, Morocco, ca. 15000 BCE (17,000 BP). An amazing and large handmade cutting tool knapped from a brown stone with red inclusions. The blade is shaped into an e

**Originally Listed At $600** Western Europe, Northern France, Troussencourt & Touvent, Paleolithic, late Oldowan to Acheulean period, ca. 1,000,000 to 40,000 years ago. A pair of chert hand axes from

**Originally Listed At $250** North Africa, Sahara, Neolithic, Late Stone Age, ca. 10,000 BCE. A fabulous hand-knapped stone tool that is intact with a lustrous and delightfully tactile surface that w

**Originally Listed At $300** Northern Africa, Sahara Desert, Neolithic period, ca. 10,000 to 6000 BCE. A great pair of stone blades perhaps for handheld use. They are both hand-knapped from a creamy

Palaeolithic, 40,000-10,000 years BP. A bifacial triangular quartzite handaxe of biconvex profile with retouched edges; in a rich orange-brown chert. 208 grams, 10cm (4") Private collection, Cambridge

Neolithic, 4th-2nd millennium BC. A ground stone handaxe with narrow rounded butt and broad curved and chamfered cutting edge. 427 grams, 13cm (5"). Ex Kelway collection; formed between 1975 and 2015;

Northern Europe, Denmark, Neolithic period, ca. 2800 to 2400 BCE. A small, retooled chert hand axe with grey-brown hues. The polished flint axe is part of the technology that marked Neolithic life in

Western Europe, France, Loire-Neivre, Middle Paleolithic, Mousterian, 160,000 to 40,000 years ago. A knapped-stone hand axe from the Mousterian tradition, a tool making industry associated with Neande

Northern Europe, possibly British Isles, Neolithic period, ca. 3900 to 1700 BCE. A dark green stone hand axe of simple form, with an unsharpened blade and a rounded butt. The polished hand axe is part

**Originally Listed At $400** Northern Europe, Denmark, Neolithic period, ca. 3900 to 1700 BCE. A collection of 3 ancient stone hand axes, each expertly napped from chert with brown or warm gray hues.

**Originally Listed At $300** Northern Europe, Denmark, Neolithic period, ca. 3900 to 1700 BCE. A pair of stone hand axes, each expertly napped from chert with amber brown or warm gray hues. The slend

**Originally Listed At $600** Northern Europe, Denmark, Neolithic period, ca. 3900 to 1700 BCE. A pair of chert hand axes, each with a thick butt, made from stone with mottled brown-grey hues. The pol

Mousterian Period, circa 300,000-100,000 B.P.. Inscribed in black ink to the reverse: 'CHEVRIERE / OISE'. 112 grams, 10.8 cm (4 1/4 in.). Found Chevriere Oise, France. From an old French collection. E

A large European stone hand axe/tool. Of uncertain age, but manufactured from the dark grey chert as many Northern European and Scandinavian Neolithic tools. L: 6 1/2 in (15.4 cm). Ex Sussex, UK priva

Southeast Asia, Laos, Neolithic period, ca. 100 BCE. A group of four hand-carved and highly polished stone tools - two shouldered adzes/hoes and two hand axes, sometimes also known as celts. At this t

Neolithic, 6th-4th millennium BC. A large finely polished flint handaxe with rounded base and square edge, some cortex remaining to the surface. See Evans, J. The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons and

Neolithic Period, circa 6th-4th millennium B.C. Biconvex in profile with some cortex remaining to both faces. Cf. MacGregor, A. (ed.), Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the Collection of Lo

Old World, Acheulean tradition, ca. 1.6 million to 200,000 years ago and Old World, Neolithic period, ca. 10,500 to 4000 BCE. The first stone tool here is a fine example of an Acheulean hand axe. The