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A large, heavy & excellent Lower Paleolithic flint Cobble Chopper, Hampshire (N99) SOLD
A large, heavy & excellent Lower Paleolithic flint Cobble Chopper, Hampshire (N99) SOLD
A large, heavy & excellent Lower Paleolithic flint Cobble Chopper, Hampshire (N99) SOLD A large, heavy & excellent Lower Paleolithic flint Cobble Chopper, Hampshire (N99) SOLD A large, heavy & excellent Lower Paleolithic flint Cobble Chopper, Hampshire (N99) SOLD A large, heavy & excellent Lower Paleolithic flint Cobble Chopper, Hampshire (N99) SOLD
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Sited dated to MIS 9-8, c.337k-300k BP. A large, heavy & excellent Lower Paleolithic flint Unifacial Cobble Chopper found many years back in Kimbridge Pit, Romney, Hampshire and from a Hampshire Geologists collection. Unifacially struck from a large flint Cobble of the most attractive honey / toffee coloured flint and with the original Cobble cortex still remaining on the handle / grip side of the chopper. A distinct and substantial unifcail chopping blade has then been formed suggesting that this tool may have been used for task such as crushing and chopping bones in order to extract the bone marrow, a vital source of nutrients and protein during the stone age. totally intact and in excellent condition with nice surfaces, good ageing and a beautiful old Lower Paleolithic colouration and patination, a large, tactile and appealing Lower Paleolithic hand tool, 127mm long x 90mm wide x 60mm deep approx.