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A rare and extremely early Lower Paleolithic Proto flint hand axe, Pakefield, Suffolk. SOLD
A rare and extremely early Lower Paleolithic Proto flint hand axe, Pakefield, Suffolk. SOLD
A rare and extremely early Lower Paleolithic Proto flint hand axe, Pakefield, Suffolk. SOLD A rare and extremely early Lower Paleolithic Proto flint hand axe, Pakefield, Suffolk. SOLD A rare and extremely early Lower Paleolithic Proto flint hand axe, Pakefield, Suffolk. SOLD A rare and extremely early Lower Paleolithic Proto flint hand axe, Pakefield, Suffolk. SOLD
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Cromerian - Anglian Interglacials c.MIS 17-13, c.712,000 - 524,000 BC. A rare and extremely early Lower Paleolithic flint 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 pleasant flint hand axe has been nicely and well worked from a nodule of dark black flint, so synonymous with many of the earliest flint tools discovered at Pakefield, an area of pebble cortex remains on the upper, worked side to enhance its grip in the hand, the axe nicely worked to form a distinct chopping blade edge. Intact and in very nice condition for its great age with a very appealing shiny old Paleolithic patina to all worked surfaces, a rare and appealing example of a very early British flint hand axe / chopper from a very notable site, 98mm long x 65mm wide x 33mm thick