Northwestern Africa, Sahara Desert region, Acheulean, Lower Paleolithic, Acheulean period, ca. 1.7 million to 500,000 years ago. A large, red-brown chert hand-axe from the Acheulean period, this is an example from one of the oldest stone age traditions! So old, that this may have been made by an extinct human ancestor, Homo erectus! This example shows superb flaking and execution of this form and may have been ritualistic or used in a variety of tasks - butchering and skinning game, digging in soil, cutting trees and other plant matter. Size: 8.5" L x 5" W (21.6 cm x 12.7 cm)

Provenance: private Englewood, Colorado USA collection

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#176005

Chips and surface wear commensurate with age and use, otherwise intact. Light patina.