Product Description
Cromerian - Anglian Interglacials c.MIS 17-13, c.712,000 - 524,000 BC. A scarce and early Lower Paleolithic "Cordate" Unifacial flint hand axe 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 large and heavy example has been well worked from a large nodule of dark black flint, so synonymous with many of the earliest flint tools discovered at Pakefield; The underside of the axe is largely smooth but the upper surface has been well worked to form distinct blade edges and a functional point. Intact and in very nice condition for its great age and an appealing and tactile example with a pleasant shiny old Palaeolithic patina to all worked surfaces, an excellent and affordable example of a very early British flint hand axe from a very notable site, 92mm long x 85mm wide x 42mm thick
