Product Description
c.60,000-40,000 B.C. A large & pleasant Paleolithic (Neanderthal) "Levallois" flint knife found in the early part of the 20th Century at the famous Neanderthal site of Peyzac Le Moustier, in the Dordogne, France and from an old French lithic collection. A largely flat underside, and upper worked in a typical "Levallois" tradition on a thin flake struck from the top of a prepared pale grey flint core with further working and re-touching along one side to form and define the main cutting blade. Totally intact and in lovely condition with an attractive old collection patina, a nice example of its type, 85mm long x 50mm wide x 12mm thick
