Product Description
Cromerian - Anglian Interglacials c.MIS 21-17, c.866,000 - 674,000 BC. A large and scare Lower Palaeolithic " flint scraper / blade tool from the famous Palaeolithic site of Happisburgh, Norfolk (Pronounced "Hazeboro"). [Happisburgh together with Pakefield, Suffolk are just couple of sites on the East Anglian coast that has yielded definitive and scientifically dated proof for the earliest habitation by Prehistoric Man in the entirety of the U.K. Finds at Happisburgh and Pakefield in recent years have now pushed back proven Hominid occupation in the UK by some 200,000-300,000 years to in excess of 800,000 years B.C. and as such Happisburgh and (neighbouring) Pakefield are now considered to be two of the most important Prehistoric habitation sites in the U.K.] This large scraper / blade tool has been fashioned from a large outer flake from a nodule of mottled dark flint with a largely smooth underside and pebble cortex covering half of the upper surface and three large flake removals effectively then form the still sharp cutting / scraping blade edge. In very good condition for its great age, pleasant old lightly shiny patina to worked surfaces, a decent example of an early flake tool from this most notable of prehistoric sites, 80mm x 85mm x 28mm at thickest
