Product Description
Cromerian - Anglian Interglacials c.MIS 17-13, c.712,000 - 524,000 BC. A large (c.0.6kg), scarce and extremely early Lower Palaeolithic flint "Core" hand axe from the famous site at Pakefield, Suffolk. [Pakefield is one of a 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 Pakefield in recent years have now pushed back proven Hominid occupation by some 200,000 years further to c.700,000 years B.C. and as such Pakefield is now considered to be one of the most important Prehistoric habitation sites in the U.K.] This large and chunky early hand axe has been worked from a nodule of dark black flint, so synonymous with many of the earliest flint tools discovered at Pakefield, the axe has been further worked from a flint blade core to form a distinct functional pounding axe (likely used for smashing open large mammal bones to extract the nutritious bone marrow). Intact and in very nice condition for its great age with some evidence of percussive use and a very appealing shiny old Palaeolithic patina to all worked surfaces, a large, appealing and tactile example of an early British flint hand axe from a very notable site, 100mm long x 70mm wide x 65mm thick
