A Neanderthal Stone Tool

**First Time At Auction** East Africa, Ethiopia, Mousterian Period, ca. 300,000 to 40,000 years ago. A collection of 8 hand knapped chert tools, chipped and flaked by prehistoric human ancestors such

West Africa, Mali, Mousterian Period, ca. 120,000 to 40,000 years old. A handsome chert biface, a stone tool made by Homo neanderthalensis to use as a hand axe. The tool has a nice manageable size and

85,000-40,000 B.P. A very fine jasper scraper showing machining marks and user retouch. 28 grams, 61 mm (2 3/8 in.) Fontmaure location, France. Collected by archaeologist P. Huisman, with permission o

lot of 2 Neanderthal era stone tools - 4" & 3 3/4"

A Mousterian Neanderthal discoidal flint scraper tool, 80,000 - 40,000 years ago, Dordogne, France. This stone tool was fashioned by Neanderthals over 40,000 years ago out of flint, and features a pro

The first tool is a yellow and purple jasper example. Inscribed in ink: "Fontmaure Ach. French?15.03.189(6)?". The other scraper is flint in shades of brown and cream with some remaining skin on surfa

Mousterian, 80,000-40,000 BP. A group of eight 'Neanderthal' flint flake implements; in the typical orange-brown opaque flint of the region. 375 grams total, 54-89mm (2 - 3 1/2"). Ex an old French col

Western Europe, likely France, Middle Paleolithic, Micoquien, ca. 130,000 to 60,000 BCE. A rare Micoquien chert stone flaked into a bifacial tool that was made by Neanderthals! The surface is a pretty

Western Europe, France, Loire-Neivre, Middle Paleolithic, Mousterian, 160,000 to 40,000 years ago. A knapped-stone hand axe from the Mousterian tradition, a tool making industry associated with Neande

Native American Indian Stone Tool Assortment (22) items including (9) adzes and chisels; (2) full-groove axes; a 3/4-grooved ax; (2) pestles; (3) knapped chert and flint Provenance: The Estate of Geor

RARE Set Of 2 Scandinavian Neolithic Stone Tool 6000-3500 BC (EX SELDON COLLECTION). Measure 8" X 3.5" X 1 1/4". This item and many more forthcoming are from the estate of a true antiquity connoisseur

United States, 19th Cenury or Earlier Includes a Thebes stone spearhead and a banner stone pick. Smallest 4 1/2" x 1 7/8".Largest 8 1/2" x 7/8" From the collection of a Cumberland, Rhode Island estate

North America, United States, Tennessee, Shelby County, Mississippian culture, ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. A large hand-knapped chert stone tool with a wide cutting edge and a narrow butt end. The chert has

Native American Indian Stone Tool Assortment (20) items including (4) full-grooved axes; 3/4-grooved axe and hammer stone; an adze; a discoidal; oval metate; pestles and grinding stones, (1) marked 'I

**Originally Listed At $500** North America, Native American, Kentucky, Fulton County, Mississippian culture, ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. A hand-knapped stone tool with an oblong form, slightly convex faces,

RARE Set Of 3 Scandinavian Neolithic Stone Tool 6000-3500 BC (EX SELDON COLLECTION). Measure 4", 4.5" & 5.5". This item and many more forthcoming are from the estate of a true antiquity connoisseur in

Native American Indian Pottery and Stone Tool Assortment (3) items including a Caddo having raised herringbone punctated ridges on sides; a bowl marked to underside 'Apache Co. AZ' and 'Ivins 158'; an

Highly collectible piece. Egypt, probably pre-Dynastic Chalcolithic Naqada I period, circa 3000 BCE. An axe with a petaloid shape, elaborated with a siliceous (quartz-cemented) sandstone or quartzite,

Native American, United States, Archaic period, ca. 3000 to 1000 BCE. A remarkable hand-knapped chert bifacial tool with a disc shape and a rounded upper face that is nearly perfectly smoothed, and a

**Originally Listed At $250** Native American, Western United States, Southern Wyoming, Plains Tribes, ca. 200 to 1000 CE. A hand-carved half-groove stone tool with an elongated ovoid body. A groove r

Group of Three Neolithic Stone Tool Axe-Heads - Includes: a brown notched axe head with a 1" hafting groove (4 3/4" x 3"), a greenish stone axe-head (4" x 2 1/2"), and an unusually shaped celt head (5

Native American, Southeastern United States, Missouri, Eastern Woodland / Mississippian culture, ca 1000 to 1500 CE. A hand-knapped stone tool with two broad, convex faces made from a warm, beige cher

Various pre Columbian stone tools, handaxes, also includes partial pottery figures & 2 early bronze tools (bronze tool age unknown)

**Originally Listed At $800** North America, Southern United States, Mississippian culture, ca. 1000 to 1500 CE. A large hand-knapped chert stone tool with a wide cutting edge and a narrow butt end. T