Type: Symetrical, elongated and sharp pointed hand axe (biface)
Culture: Acheulean, perhaps mid-Acheulean (early Homo Neandertaliensis or late Homo Heidelbergensis)
Date: ca. 300'000 to 130'000 BC
Material: flint, dark brown-black
Findspot: Oxfordshire, Upper Thames
Condition: Extremely rare and one of the finest handaxes outside museum collections. The hand-axe is more intricately crafted than necessary for its purpose, suggesting that its maker valued both its functionality but also its aethetic appeal. The type of flint is very similar to that of the Happisburgh handaxe (Norfolk), which is around 500'000 years old.
Findspots of similar implements in Oxfordshire include Henley, Wolvercote, Berinsfield
Ex: Harlan J. Berk, Ltd, Sale 176, 08.09.2011, Lot 744, USD 500 (AQ17863)
Provenance: Ex Coll. "H. Vincent McCarthy, September 2000"
Source : https://archive.org/details/HJB176BBS/pa...
Collection : Antiquities - Stone age