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Product Description
ITEM #
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ACH174
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ID
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Acheulian Tool
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FOUND
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Exposed Site - Sahara Desert, NW Africa
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AGE
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ACHEULIAN: 1.2 million - 500,000 years ago
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SIZE
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8" long x 5" wide
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CONDITION
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INTACT AND COMPLETE - NO REPAIR OR
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NOTE
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NICE EXAMPLE OF AN AFRICAN
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Actual Item - One Only
Comes with a certificate of authenticity / information sheet |
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This rare Saharan Acheulian flake tool was made and used by Homo ergaster (African Homo erectus). It was surface-collected from an exposed Acheulian site in the Northern Sahara Desert of North Africa. This Lower Paleolithic tool represents the first intelligent design type known to science that was made by primitive humans. Prior to these Saharan Acheulian tools, only crude pebble tools existed in the human fossil record.
Very seldom seen in private collections, a tool this type is extremely rare. Furthermore, it is one of the largest FLAKE TOOLS we have encountered from this region. It is a SIDE SCRAPER made on a massive flake. It features a purposely flaked, beveled edge where the palm can lay against for a comfortable grip when held. The distal edge shows extensive use wear from scraping. The bi-colored patina and exfoliation of its outer surface is a testament to the hundreds of thousands of years it lay in the desert. This tool spent considerable time exposed which resulted in a heavy and beautiful wind gloss as well as differing colors on each face. PERFECT WITH NO MODERN DAMAGE, NO REPAIR AND NO RESTORATION. FLAKE SCRAPERS from the SAHARAN ACHEULIAN are much more rare then their Saharan Acheulian HANDAXE counterparts. While handaxes are rather obvious in design and easy to therefore, recognize when collecting on a site, smaller flake tools have less obvious features at first glance and easily blend in with surrounding scrap flakes and natural stones. The vast majority of private collections lack Acheulian Saharan flake tools in comparison to handaxes from the same period. Acheulian flake tools (unlike handaxes) are almost never found in this size and most typically, measure no more than half the size of this giant example. Perfect for use in butchering the large game like prehistoric elephants and giraffes that thrived in Northern Africa during the days of Homo ergaster. NO REPAIR AND NO RESTORATION.
FLAKE TOOLS from the SAHARAN ACHEULIAN are much more rare then their Saharan Acheulian HANDAXE counterparts. While handaxes are rather obvious in design and easy to therefore, recognize when collecting on a site, smaller flake tools have less obvious features at first glance and easily blend in with surrounding scrap flakes and natural stones. The vast majority of private collections lack Acheulian Saharan flake tools in comparison to handaxes from the same period. Perfect for use in butchering the large game that thrived in Northern Africa during the days of Homo ergaster.
