Product Description
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Neolithic Flake Borer
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FOUND
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Le Grand Pressigny, France
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AGE
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NEOLITHIC PERIOD: 6000 - 5400 years
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SIZE
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3.5" long
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CONDITION
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INTACT AND COMPLETE -
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NOTE
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PERFECT REFERENCE EXAMPLE OF |
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INCLUDES DISPLAY BOX - Actual Item - One Only
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Made on a thick flint flake from this famous region of France, this robust BORER or AWL flake tool is of superb, prehistoric manufacture. It is complete as originally made with its original piercing tip in perfect form. A BORER like this would have been used for tasks such as piercing thick animal leather hides which then could have been sewn together to make clothing or shelters. This flake tool is from one of the most prominent sites in all of Neolithic western Europe. Made on a large unifacial flake and then worked to form the long piercing protrusion, this flint is typical of the deposits found in Le Grand Pressigny, France. In perfect, AS MADE condition with NO REPAIR OR RESTORATION. An excellent reference specimen of this tool type.
LE GRAND PRESSIGNY: One of the most famous flint sources of the European Neolithic Period was the golden honey toned flint from the well-known site of Le Grand Pressigny. Dating all the way back to the Acheulian Period in Europe, flint was collected from deposits in Le Grand-Pressigny in Southern Touraine, France. In the Neolithic Period, large mines were dug and worked here with the flint being traded far distances away. The flint is unmistakable in its appearance - a rich golden yellow tone with slight translucence. Most famous from the area during the Neolithic were the massive blade cores prepared called Livres de Beurre (pounds of butter) by archaeologists for the appearance. From these cores, gloriously large flint knives were struck that in some cases, exceeded lengths of 12 inches! The entire prehistoric site of Le Grand Pressigny is scientifically important and was one of the most active epicenters of trade and habitation for an extraordinary length of time in human prehistory.