Excellent Handaxe, Paleolithic, Lower Acheulian Start Price GBP 115.00 Current Price GBP 115.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Sunday, August 24, 2008 End Time Sunday, August 31, 2008 Location Germany See more about 'Excellent Handaxe, Paleolithic, Lower Acheulian' Description Excellent Handaxe, Paleolithic, Lower Acheulian   DescriptionType: cordiforme handaxe on large flake Paleolithic Period, Industry: Lower Paleolithic, Lower Acheulian Dating: in Europe still dated ca. 800 to 400 ka. But very recent archaeological research in Western Europe proved that the European continent has been conquested as early as 1,2 to 1,1 Myr. – Early Pleistocene (on request more information will be given to our customers Description: Size: length 13,9 cm, width 9,7 cm, thickness 4,3 cm, weight 0,690 kg Shape, Retouch: this outstanding handaxe was deliberately made on flake to make a thin specimen and, more important, to obtain thin and straight edges. The axis of the blank is slightly oblique relative to the axis of the ready made tool (see point of percussion which is marked). The interior side of the blank presents facial flaking at the right part of the side and fine lateral flaking at the left edge. The other side (exterior side of the blank) is almost entirely cortical. Only the distal part of the left edge presents a well made regular lateral retouch to thin the distal part of this edge and to create a thin pointed tip. Raw-material: a flake out of gray-green quartzite, the most common and typical raw-material at all sites on the Garonne terraces Preservation: very well. The surface is somewhat weathered, but flake scars are well defined, the edges are still quite sharp. No modern damages as far as can be seen  Additional Information, Literature: the pebble tools found on the high gravel terraces of the Garonne, Tarn and Aveyron river are among the earliest tools found in Europe. Lit: A. Tavoso, Le Paléolithique supérieur et moyen du Haut-Languedoc, Paris 1978Origin, Site: high gravel terrace of the Garonne, south of Toulouse, southern France We have been listing more interesting paleolithic artifacts, please have a look! Do you have questions? Don’t you find what you look for among our offers? Do you look for something particular, special or exceptional? Please send an email! Shipping policy: we ship internationally (worldwide). Buyer pays actual shipping charges, no handling fee. We combine items to save on shipping costs! Details will be settled with the buyer individually.About us: we are no traders, but we are selling only out of the own old collection. We guarantee for authenticity of our artifacts. On request we inform high bidders about provenance of the artifacts and we provide additional site information and dating (if available), taken from scientific literature.  Payment:[/PAYMENTINFO]      bachita Store Place a Bid!