Biface amygdaloïde Light grey flint
France, Late Acheulean
Label indicating "elo…

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Biface amygdaloïde

Light grey flint France, Late Acheulean Label indicating "elongated cordiform biface, Aube. Middle Acheulean". l. 12.5 cm

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Collection of tools. Neolithic, Northern Europe 2500 - 1600 B.C. a) Gray flint axe. L 19cm. Found at Borkenberge Münsterland. Intact. b) Red-brown flint axe. 14.5cm. Intact. c) Gray flint axe. L 10cm. Intact. d) Gray stone axe with hole for the shaft. Intact. L 13cm. e) Gray stone axe with groove for fastening the shaft. L 15cm. Flaking on the edge. f) Flat, light-colored flint blade. 15cm. Found in Klippinge, Zealand, Denmark. Intact. g) Flint blade with dark center and light exterior. 13.5cm. Intact. h) Gray flint blade. 9.5cm. Found in Honum Bakkely, Denmark. Intact. i) Pointed, light-colored flint blade. 10.5cm. Broken. j) Blunt, light-colored flint blade. 11cm. Broken. k) Elongated, dark flint blade. 10.5cm. Intact. 11 pieces! Provenance: Ex collection Jens Knudsen, Hamburg, collection period 1980s until before 1999.

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