Neolithic Flint Tools for Sale
The Neolithic (New Stone Age) period in Europe dated to between about 6,000 and 3,000 BC. The era is characterised by the development of specialised tools for different tasks. This is a progression from the multi-purpose core tools of the Palaeolithic, through the blade-based technology of the Mesolithic. Axes were a hafted, multi-purpose tool, often polished with great care and used to clear ground and to fell trees, while scrapers and other small tools were used for skinning caracasses, scraping pelts and animal bone, etc. One of the main refinements was the grinding or polishing of flint and bone tools to provide better and more durable cutting edges. During this period there was also the beginning of pottery making and in the latest years, some primitive use of copper. The Neolithic also saw the first tamed wild animals; the invention of the wheel; weaving of cloth and, perhaps the greatest social change of all, the start of the cultivation of crops - resulting in the need for permanent settlements. The finest quality of all flint artefacts from this area originate from Denmark. Towards the end of this era, flint knives are made in Denmark that have actually been copied from the early cast bronze examples; even copying the casting seems seen on the metal ones.
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| | Neolithic 'North Africa' Polished Axe 023424 | Neolithic 'North Africa' Polished Axe Stone, 115 grams, 72.11 mm. Circa 7,000 BC. A large polished ground stone axe of beautiful form. Very fine condition, attractive. Provenance: from an old English collection. | £90.00  |  |
| | Neolithic 'North Africa' Polished Axe 023422 | Neolithic 'North Africa' Polished Axe Stone, 155 grams, 70.82 mm. Circa 7,000 BC. A large polished ground stone axe with a beautiful shape. Very fine condition, attractive. Provenance: from an old English collection. | £120.00 |  |
| | Neolithic 'North Africa' Polished Axe 023423 | Neolithic 'North Africa' Polished Axe Stone, 95 grams, 58.91 mm. Circa 7,000 BC. A large polished ground stone axe of beautiful form, with an old collection number, A33 inked on one side. Very fine condition, attractive. Provenance: from an old English collection. | £110.00 |  |
| | European Neolithic 'Polished Flint' Axe 020387 | European Neolithic 'Polished Flint' Axe Flint, 380 grams, 110 mm long. Circa 4,000-3,000 BC. A substantial piece from a large polished axe, finely polished on all surfaces in a a plae grey-white flint. Reference: Sir John Evans The Ancient Stone Implements Weapons & Ornaments of Great Britain, page 111 for a similar example. Broken but finely polished. Provenance: with old black ink '0° 6' E x 50° 45' N' co-ordinates and 'L M' in red ink. | £60.00 |  |
| | Neolithic 'Black Basalt' Hammer 26 | Neolithic 'Black Basalt' Hammer Basalt, 605 grams, 129 mm. Neolithic; circa 7,000 BCE. Hammer of typical cylindrical form, chipped in black basalt with polishing to the sides. Reference: Alonzo W. Pond, Contribution to the Study of Man in Algeria. A very fine example. Provenance: from an old Continental collection, found in Algeria before 1960. | £80.00 |  |
| | Neolithic 'Danish' Polished Axe 014985 | Neolithic 'Danish' Polished Axe Flint, 160 grams, 68.56 mm. Danish Neolithic; circa 7,000 BCE. The cutting edge portion of a substantial flint axe with charcateristic squared sides in a pale flint. The breakage comtemporary with manufacture and some evidence of secondary usage. Reference: British Museum, Stone Age Antiquities. Attractive. Provenance: from an old collection, with small printed old collection number '35'. | £40.00 |  |
| | Neolithic 'Grimes Graves' Core 014974 | Neolithic 'Grimes Graves' Core Flint, 310 grams, 70mm. Circa 2,500 BC. A roughly spherical core showing extensive shaping, with a small area of cortex remaining; possibly resulting from the production of a series of flakes. Reference: Topping, P. Grime's Graves, 2007, for general information. Provenance: with pencilled notation 'Grimes Graves' in Norfolk on one facet. An interesting piece from this famous Neolithic flint mining site. | £60.00 |  |
| | Neolithic 'Ovate' Flake 014982 | Neolithic 'Ovate' Flake Flint, 33.73 grams, 64.00 mm. Circa 3,000 BC. A fine well shaped flake, showing a strong bulb of percussion and bulber scar. Reference: Howarth, E. Catalogue of the Bateman Collection in the Sheffield Public Museum, 1899. Provenance: findspot unknown but believed to be from southern England. A very good example exhibiting all the characteristics of the fundamental flint flake. | £40.00 |  |
| | Neolithic 'Grimes Graves' Core 014972 | Neolithic 'Grimes Graves' Core Flint, 1,135 grams, 150 mm long by 90 mm wide by 55 mm thick. Circa 2,500 BC. A massive core showing extensive shaping; possibly to prepare for a series of flakes for later use or to eventually provide an axe or similar implement. Reference: Topping, P. Grime's Graves, 2007, for general information. Provenance: with pencilled notations 'Grimes Graves' in Norfolk and date collected of '1930'. A fine and large piece from this famous Neolithic flint mining site. | £175.00 |  |
| | British Neolithic 'Polished' Thin-Butted Axe 014949 | British Neolithic 'Polished' Thin-Butted Axe Flint, 580 grams, 174 x 75 x 35 mm. Circa 5,000-3,000 BC. A large fragment, being the butt end, of an exceptionally large fully polished axe. Of a milky grey flint throughout, with some patination to the polished surfaces. The upper and lower faces polished to a gentle curve, with the sides being characteristically flat and straight. Reference: Sir John Evans Ancient Stone Implements of Great Britain, page 111, figure 53 for a very similar example. A lovely and affordable example of the skill employed in polishing flint implements by hand. | £145.00 |  |
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