British Palaeolithic 'Forest of Dean' Hand Axe 023214

British Palaeolithic 'Forest of Dean' Hand Axe 023214
British Palaeolithic 'Forest of Dean' Hand Axe
Flint, 180 grams, 95 mm. Circa 350,000 BP. An attractive, finely worked and fully bifacial ovate hand axe with pale grey-brown gravel terrace patination. Reference: cf. Evans, John Ancient Stone Implements of Great Britain, London, 1897, figure 434 for similar example. Fine condition. Provenance: from an old Hampshire collection; found Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, UK.
 
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