PALEOLITHIC TO NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 5TH-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
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TWO PREHISTORIC FLINT TOOLS
PALEOLITHIC TO NEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 5TH-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
Larger tool: 9 in. (23 cm.) high
Smaller tool: 7 ¼ in. (18.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Larger tool: Found in Saint-Meme-les-Carrieres, Charrente, France. Acquired in August 1987. Smaller tool: Found in Le Grand Pressigny, Indre et Loire, in 1971. Acquired prior to 2000.
The larger of Acheulean type, cf. ‘Note sur un Biface acheuléen de la région Mainxe-St-Même (Charente)’, Bulletin de la Société préhistorique de France, 59, no. 9-10, 1962, p. 717-718.