Product Description
Cromerian - Anglian Interglacials c.MIS 17-13, c.712,000 - 524,000 BC. A rare, early Lower Paleolithic flint "Proto" hand axe / Chopper from the famous Prehistoric site of 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 in excess of c.700,000 years B.C.; as such Pakefield is now considered to be one of the most important Prehistoric habitation sites in the U.K.] This early flint hand axe / chopper tool has been fashioned from a nodule of the dark black flint, so synonymous with many of the earliest flint tools discovered at Pakefield. The tool has been worked on all sides to define a thicker grip end and the functional axe tip. Intact and in very nice condition for its great age and a pleasant colouration and lightly shiny old Paleolithic patina to all worked surfaces, a rare and early prehistoric implement from a very notable Prehistoric site, 105mm long x 62mm wide x 65mm thick
