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SEE MORE MOUSTERIAN NEANDERTHAL TOOLS
This authentic stone flake tool was fashioned by Neanderthals between 160,000 and 40,000 years ago out of flint, and collected from a former Neanderthal occupation rock shelter site in the Charente region of France. The Charente department in southwestern France is home to some of the world's most significant Middle Paleolithic archaeological sites associated with the Neanderthal Mousterian tool industry, as well as several famous Neanderthal fossil sites yielding important skeletal remains. The karst landscapes, river valleys, and flint outcrops of the Charente basin offered an ideal habitat for Neanderthal hunting groups.
The site this specimen was found has long been closed and protected by the government. The fact that this archeological site is off-limits to any collecting makes this genuine Early Man stone tool artifact increasingly rare and desirable! Genuine fine grade Mousterian Neanderthal tools such as this specimen are most certain to continue to appreciate in value and become more and more difficult to acquire for a private collector.
This EXCEPTIONAL QUALITY Neanderthal flint flake tool type is called a CONVERGENT SCRAPER. A flake was struck from a flint tool core and the flake was then further worked to form the shape and cutting edges. Evidence of prehistoric use and re-sharpening are evident on the cutting edge. It is complete with no modern damage and all its original, unaltered flaking.
This is an actual complete Mousterian Neanderthal flake tool with all the features that define it as such, and separate it from worthless and highly common Paleolithic debris flakes (discarded flakes caused by flint-knapping real tools), or flakes made by natural forces such as frost or glacial action. Intact mineral deposits and deep patina on the flint surfaces and hinge fractures testify to its age, authenticity and lack of any modern alterations.
