Product Description
Site occupied and dated to 65,000 to 57,000 years ago. A large Paleolithic (Neanderthal) Ovate flake hand axe found many years back close to the now famous Paleolithic Neanderthal habitation site of Lynford Quarry, Norfolk.[This famous and well documented site sat on the edge of an ancient channel of water where Neanderthals thrived and hunted. When excavated many years back, hundreds of flint tools were unearthed alongside thousands of butchered bones and teeth of Mammoths, Woolly Rhinos and Deer. The quarry is now a nature reserve owned by English Heritage so tools can no longer be unearthed here, so this is a rare opportunity to obtain a good Neanderthal flint tool from a notable site]. Clearly worked on a large Ovate thick flake of colourful cream, tan, brown and black flint. Bi-facially worked around main curved edge to form the main chopping / cutting edge. Intact and in very nice overall condition, with good surface ageing and a nice shiny patination to worked areas. A good sized and scarce Neanderthal hand axe from a notable Prehistoric site, 125mm long x 95mm wide x 40mm thick at thickest
