Product Description
c.60,000-40,000 B.C. A large & pleasant Paleolithic (Neanderthal) "Levallois" scraper tool found in the early part of the 20th Century at the famous Neanderthal site of Peyzac Le Moustier, in the Dordogne, France and from an old French lithic collection. A chunky and tactile tool with a largely flat underside, and upper worked in a typical "Levallois" tradition on a thick flake struck from the top of a prepared flint core with further definition added to form the scraping and cutting edges. Old ink inscription on one side citing "LES FERELIES PAZAC". Totally intact and in lovely condition with an attractive old collection patina, a nice example of its type, 75mm long x 70mm wide x 25mm thick
