Neolithic Stone Age 'Barbed and Tanged' Arrowhead. Stone, 7.53 grams; 52.97 mm. Circa 2,000 - 8,000 .C. A nicely worked barbed and tanged arrowhead in fawn coloured stone. Complete and undamaged and in Extremely Fine condition. Found North Africa.

Neolithic Stone Age 'Barbed and Tanged' Arrowhead. Stone, 7.53 grams; 52.97 mm. Circa 2,000 - 8,000 .C. A nicely worked barbed and tanged arrowhead in fawn coloured stone. Complete and undamaged and in Extremely Fine condition. Found North Africa. SOLD

RARE Paleolithic Stone Age 'Acheulean' Proto Hand Axe/Chopper. Flint, 1110 grams; 155.24 mm. Probably used for smashing up Mammoth bones and wood, from the known lower Palaeolithic site of Upnor in Kent, collected around 1915 from the same pit as the highly publicised Upnor Elephant which went on display in London’s Natural History Museum . Old collection inscription in black: Upnor 16. This tool shows typical Acheulean style manufacture and is in a pristine state of preservation with ink inscribed collection reference number and provenance history information supplied. The flint tools of the "Acheulean" are now accepted as contemporary with the "Clactonian" industry, two separate tribes of "Homo Heidelbergensis" living at the same time but adopting different methods of tool production c. 400,000 y ago. A nice provenanced tool in Extremely Fine Condition. Ex. J. Edwin Jarvis Collection (Copy of the original collector's identification sheet etc. included in the sale); Ex. Crompton Collection.

RARE Paleolithic Stone Age 'Acheulean' Proto Hand Axe/Chopper

Flint, 1110 grams; 155.24 mm. Probably used for smashing up Mammoth bones and wood, from the known lower Palaeolithic site of Upnor in Kent, collected around 1915 from the same pit as the highly publicised Upnor Elephant which went on display in London’s Natural History Museum . Old collection inscription in black: Upnor 16. This tool shows typical Acheulean style manufacture and is in a pristine state of preservation with ink inscribed collection reference number and provenance history information supplied. The flint tools of the "Acheulean" are now accepted as contemporary with the "Clactonian" industry, two separate tribes of "Homo Heidelbergensis" living at the same time but adopting different methods of tool production c. 400,000 y ago. A nice provenanced tool in Extremely Fine Condition. Ex. J. Edwin Jarvis Collection (Copy of the original collector's identification sheet etc. included in the sale); Ex. Crompton Collection. SOLD

RARE Paleolithic Stone Age 'Acheulean' Heavy Duty Scraper. Flint, 740 grams; 175.89 mm. Large heavy duty scraper from the “Acheulean" period, probably used for removing large pieces of meat from mammoth bones, from the known lower Palaeolithic site of Upnor in Kent, collected around 1915 from the same pit as the highly publicised Upnor Elephant which went on display in London’s Natural History Museum. Old collection inscription in black: Upnor 18. This tool shows typical Acheulean style manufacture and is in a pristine state of preservation with ink inscribed collection reference number and provenance history information supplied. The flint tools of the "Acheulean" are now accepted as contemporary with the "Clactonian" industry, two separate tribes of "Homo Heidelbergensis" living at the same time but adopting different methods of tool production c. 400,000 y ago. A nice provenanced tool in Extremely Fine Condition. Ex. J. Edwin Jarvis Collection (paperwork and identification sheet included in the sale); Ex. Crompton Collection.

RARE Paleolithic Stone Age 'Acheulean' Heavy Duty Scraper

Flint, 740 grams; 175.89 mm. Large heavy duty scraper from the “Acheulean" period, probably used for removing large pieces of meat from mammoth bones, from the known lower Palaeolithic site of Upnor in Kent, collected around 1915 from the same pit as the highly publicised Upnor Elephant which went on display in London’s Natural History Museum. Old collection inscription in black: Upnor 18. This tool shows typical Acheulean style manufacture and is in a pristine state of preservation with ink inscribed collection reference number and provenance history information supplied. The flint tools of the "Acheulean" are now accepted as contemporary with the "Clactonian" industry, two separate tribes of "Homo Heidelbergensis" living at the same time but adopting different methods of tool production c. 400,000 y ago. A nice provenanced tool in Extremely Fine Condition. Ex. J. Edwin Jarvis Collection (Copy of the original collector's identification sheet etc. included in the sale); Ex. Crompton Collection. SOLD

Neolithic Stone Age 'Barbed & Tanged' Arrowhead. Stone, 2.78 grams; 46.10 mm. Circa 2,000 - 8,000 .C. A nicely worked barbed and tanged arrowhead in light yellow stone. Complete and undamaged and in Extremely Fine condition. Found North Africa.

Neolithic Stone Age 'Barbed & Tanged' Arrowhead. Stone, 2.78 grams; 46.10 mm. Circa 2,000 - 8,000 .C. A nicely worked barbed and tanged arrowhead in light yellow stone. Complete and undamaged and in Extremely Fine condition. Found North Africa. SOLD

Neolithic 'Well Worked' Knife/Scraper Blade. Stone, 5.83 grams; 51.91 mm. Circa 8,000 - 2,000 B.C. A well worked Neolithic knife/scraper blade worked from a brown stone, it has two rounded points with sharp worked edges. Extremely Fine.

Neolithic 'Well Worked' Knife/Scraper Blade. Stone, 5.83 grams; 51.91 mm. Circa 8,000 - 2,000 B.C. A well worked Neolithic knife/scraper blade worked from a brown stone, it has two rounded points with sharp worked edges. Extremely Fine. SOLD

RARE Paleolithic Stone Age 'Acheulean' Chopper. Flint, 1795 grams; 215.25 mm. Probably used for smashing up Mammoth bones, from the known lower Palaeolithic site of Upnor in Kent, collected around 1915 from the same pit as the highly publicised Upnor Elephant which went on display in London’s Natural History Museum . Ref: Upnor 28 in the J. Edwin Jarvis Collection. This tool shows typical Acheulean style manufacture and is in a pristine state of preservation with ink inscribed collection reference number and provenance history information supplied. The flint tools of the "Acheulean" are now accepted as contemporary with the "Clactonian" industry, two separate tribes of "Homo Heidelbergensis" living at the same time but adopting different methods of tool production c. 400,000 y ago. A nice provenanced tool in Extremely Fine Condition. Ex. J. Edwin Jarvis Collection (Copy of the original collector's identification sheet etc. included in the sale); Ex. Crompton Collection.

RARE Paleolithic Stone Age 'Acheulean' Chopper

Flint, 1795 grams; 215.25 mm. Probably used for smashing up Mammoth bones, from the known lower Palaeolithic site of Upnor in Kent, collected around 1915 from the same pit as the highly publicised Upnor Elephant which went on display in London’s Natural History Museum . Ref: Upnor 28 in the J. Edwin Jarvis Collection. This tool shows typical Acheulean style manufacture and is in a pristine state of preservation with ink inscribed collection reference number and provenance history information supplied. The flint tools of the "Acheulean" are now accepted as contemporary with the "Clactonian" industry, two separate tribes of "Homo Heidelbergensis" living at the same time but adopting different methods of tool production c. 400,000 y ago. A nice provenanced tool in Extremely Fine Condition. Ex. J. Edwin Jarvis Collection (Copy of the original collector's identification sheet etc. included in the sale); Ex. Crompton Collection. SOLD

Neolithic Stone Age 'Donut' Macehead. Stone, 365 grams, 91.18 mm. Circa 6000 B.C. A round shape with an incurving dome. Presumably to receive the wooden handle, which would have also been fastened with rope. Almost identical to Benet’s S99-0403, Pg 28. Very Fine condition. Found North Africa.

Neolithic Stone Age 'Donut' Macehead. Stone, 365 grams, 91.18 mm. Circa 6000 B.C. A round shape with an incurving dome. Presumably to receive the wooden handle, which would have also been fastened with rope. Almost identical to Benet’s S99-0403, Pg 28. Very Fine condition. Found North Africa. SOLD

Neolithic Stone Age 'Barbed Bi-convex' Arrowhead. Flint, 2.73 grams; 52.88 mm. Circa 2,000 - 8,000 .C. A nicely worked barbed arrowhead in light brown flint. Complete and undamaged and in Extremely Fine condition. Found North Africa.

Neolithic Stone Age 'Barbed Bi-convex' Arrowhead. Flint, 2.73 grams; 52.88 mm. Circa 2,000 - 8,000 .C. A nicely worked barbed arrowhead in light brown flint. Complete and undamaged and Extremely Fine condition. Found North Africa. SOLD

Neolithic Stone Age 'Barbed and Tanged' Arrowhead. Flint, 0.44 grams; 22.21 mm. Circa 2,000 - 8,000 .C. A nicely worked barbed and tanged arrowhead in grey/brown flint. Complete and undamaged and in Extremely Fine condition. Found West Yorkshire 1987 by D Clegg.

Neolithic Stone Age 'Barbed and Tanged' Arrowhead. Flint, 0.44 grams; 22.21 mm. Circa 2,000 - 8,000 .C. A nicely worked barbed and tanged arrowhead in grey/brown flint. Complete and undamaged and in Extremely Fine condition. Found West Yorkshire 1987 by D Clegg. SOLD

Neolithic Stone Age 'Barbed and Tanged' Arowhead. Flint, 17.31 grams; 44.16 mm. Circa 8,000 - 2,000 B.C. A nicely worked barbed and tanged arrowhead in brown flint. Complete and undamaged and in Extremely Fine condition. Arrowheads and Crossbow Bolts, p. 4, Ref: S56. Extremely Fine condition. Found North Africa.

Neolithic Stone Age 'Barbed and Tanged' Arowhead. Flint, 17.31 grams; 44.16 mm. Circa 8,000 - 2,000 B.C. A nicely worked barbed and tanged arrowhead in brown flint. Complete and undamaged and in Extremely Fine condition. Arrowheads and Crossbow Bolts, p. 4, Ref: S56. Extremely Fine condition. Found North Africa. SOLD

Neolithic 'Tranchet' Arrowhead. Flint, 2.23 grams; 30.18 mm. Circa 5500 B.C. Worked from a stunning white stone, it has two fins/barbs and tapers to a point, broken in antiquity. Found Alton, Hants.

Neolithic 'Tranchet' Arrowhead. Flint, 2.23 grams; 30.18 mm. Circa 5500 B.C. Worked from a stunning white stone, it has two fins/barbs and tapers to a point, broken in antiquity. Found Alton, Hants. SOLD

EGYPTIAN Palaeolithic 'Barbed & Tanged' Stone Age Spear Point. Flint, 8.14 grams; 47.46 mm. Barbed and tanged with a large crude point, this stone age tool represents the earliest known spear head dating to the Middle Palaeolithc Circa 30,000 B.C. Complete with barbs and tang. Tanged 'Aterian' points are very heavy duty projectile points. The are too bulky to be considered an arrowhead, and research shows these were most probably hafted onto small spear shafts. These points were used to hunt large grazing animals such as white rhinoceros, extinct camels and large bovine (ox-like or cow-like) animals. They were also used to hunt smaller animals like gazelle, fox, jackal, warthog, antelopes and ostrich. The word Aterian is a name given by archaeologists to a type of stone tool manufacturing dating to the middle Palaeolithic in the region around the Atlas Mountains and the north Sahara. Good Very Fine on this early and intriguing point.

EGYPTIAN Palaeolithic 'Barbed & Tanged' Stone Age Spear Point. Flint, 8.14 grams; 47.46 mm. Barbed and tanged with a large crude point, this stone age tool represents the earliest known spear head dating to the Middle Palaeolithc Circa 30,000 B.C. Complete with barbs and tang. Tanged 'Aterian' points are very heavy duty projectile points. The are too bulky to be considered an arrowhead, and research shows these were most probably hafted onto small spear shafts. These points were used to hunt large grazing animals such as white rhinoceros, extinct camels and large bovine (ox-like or cow-like) animals. They were also used to hunt smaller animals like gazelle, fox, jackal, warthog, antelopes and ostrich. The word Aterian is a name given by archaeologists to a type of stone tool manufacturing dating to the middle Palaeolithic in the region around the Atlas Mountains and the north Sahara. Good Very Fine on this early and intriguing point. SOLD

EGYPTIAN Palaeolithic 'Barbed & Tanged' Stone Age Spear Point. Stone, 9.64 grams; 43.89 mm. Barbed and tanged with a large crude point, this stone age tool represents the earliest known spear head dating to the Middle Palaeolithc Circa 30,000 B.C. Complete with barbs and tang. Tanged 'Aterian' points are very heavy duty projectile points. The are too bulky to be considered an arrowhead, and research shows these were most probably hafted onto small spear shafts. These points were used to hunt large grazing animals such as white rhinoceros, extinct camels and large bovine (ox-like or cow-like) animals. They were also used to hunt smaller animals like gazelle, fox, jackal, warthog, antelopes and ostrich. The word Aterian is a name given by archaeologists to a type of stone tool manufacturing dating to the middle Palaeolithic in the region around the Atlas Mountains and the north Sahara. Good Very Fine on this early and intriguing point.

EGYPTIAN Palaeolithic 'Barbed & Tanged' Stone Age Spear Point. Stone, 9.64 grams; 43.89 mm. Barbed and tanged with a large crude point, this stone age tool represents the earliest known spear head dating to the Middle Palaeolithc Circa 30,000 B.C. Complete with barbs and tang. Tanged 'Aterian' points are very heavy duty projectile points. The are too bulky to be considered an arrowhead, and research shows these were most probably hafted onto small spear shafts. These points were used to hunt large grazing animals such as white rhinoceros, extinct camels and large bovine (ox-like or cow-like) animals. They were also used to hunt smaller animals like gazelle, fox, jackal, warthog, antelopes and ostrich. The word Aterian is a name given by archaeologists to a type of stone tool manufacturing dating to the middle Palaeolithic in the region around the Atlas Mountains and the north Sahara. Good Very Fine on this early and intriguing point. SOLD

CLASSIC & RARE Paleolithic Stone Age 'Clactonian Period' Hand Tool. Flint, 400 grams; 122.90 mm. A Classic and RARE "Clactonian" implement used for scraping and cutting up animal carcases, from the known lower palaeolithic site of "Twydall" in Kent, collected c.1912 - 1915. Old collection inscription in black: 1436 TWYDALL. Ref: Rochester Museum - 101/L. This tool shows typical clactonian style manufacture and is in a pristine state of preservation with ink inscribed museum reference number a provenance history information supplied. The flint tools of the "Clactonian" are now accepted as contemporary with the "Acheaulian" industry, two seperate tribes of "Homo Heidelbergensis" living at the same time but adopting different methods of tool production c. 400,000 y ago. A nice provenanced tool in Extremely Fine Condition. Ex. Rochester Museum; Ex. Woollard collection.

CLASSIC & RARE Paleolithic Stone Age 'Clactonian Period' Hand Tool. Flint, 400 grams; 122.90 mm. A Classic and RARE "Clactonian" implement used for scraping and cutting up animal carcases, from the known lower palaeolithic site of "Twydall" in Kent, collected c.1912 - 1915. Old collection inscription in black: 1436 TWYDALL. Ref: Rochester Museum - 101/L. This tool shows typical clactonian style manufacture and is in a pristine state of preservation with ink inscribed museum reference number a provenance history information supplied. The flint tools of the "Clactonian" are now accepted as contemporary with the "Acheaulian" industry, two seperate tribes of "Homo Heidelbergensis" living at the same time but adopting different methods of tool production c. 400,000 y ago. A nice provenanced tool in Extremely Fine Condition. Ex. Rochester Museum; Ex. Woollard collection. SOLD

THE LOWER PALAEOLITHIC IMPLEMENTS OF TWYDALL – KENT

The collection was originally donated by a Mr Richard Jones of Welling in Kent to the Rochester Museum. During the period of 1912 - 1915. Mr George Payne of the Kent Archaeological Society also collected along with a Mr George Baker. During the year of 1902 "Sharpes Green Cement Works" was erected then the smallest cement works on record,using second hand equipment and the last to use Static Chamber Kilns. The processing site was situated on the south shore of the river Medway near Gillingham-Kent, on an island known locally as "Horrid Hill" just off the shore. Horrid Hill so named because French prisoners of the Napolianic war who attemted to escape the "Hulks" moored on the river were hanged here for their efforts. The raw material for the manufacture of cement i.e. Chalk was extracted from a local quarry in orchard grounds belonging to a Mr Walter Stunt of Lorrendon-Faversham, Kent,a place called Twydall between Chatham and Upchurch. During the removal of the chalk a infilled cavity was broken through on the eastern face of the quarry,which contained very rich lower Palaeolithic material.

To facilitate the removal of the extracted chalk from the quarry to the works on the river a trackway was constructed to allow a small horse drawn railway to carry wagon loads of chalk for processing. To transport the loads over the tidal saltmarsh from river bank to the island a causeway was built above the upper tidal limit to the works.The material used was the gravel extracted at the quarry which was useless for the manufacture of cement of which contained the implements. The subsequent erosion caused by the tidal flow of the river exposed the Palaeolithic implements along the stretch of the causeway, which during the period of 1912 to 1915 were collected from the surface. The majority of the material is made up of Flakes and Cores typical of the "Clactonian" style with also some Acheulian axes. The implements are well retouched and worked on thick,heavey hard-hammer flakes with high angle platforms-typical of the "Clactonian" industry. The tools are made from the same marbled north kent flint which was used at the Swanscombe Palaeolithic site, the ancient lower gravels of the Thames valley. This flint is a brown and yellow banded variety derivd from the Dark green skinned nodules of the "Bull Head" bed which underlies the Thanet sands.

CLASSIC & RARE MASSIVE Paleolithic Stone Age 'Clactonian Period' Proto Hand-axe. Flint, 2.775 Kg; 225 mm. A Classic and RARE "Clactonian" Chopper used for smashing Mammouth bone etc., from the known lower palaeolithic site of "Twydall" in Kent, collected c.1912 -1915. Old collection inscription in black: TWYDALL. Ref: Rochester Museum - 128/L. This tool shows typical clactonian style manufacture and is in a pristine state of preservation with ink inscribed museum reference number a provenance history information supplied. The flint tools of the "Clactonian" are now accepted as contemporary with the "Acheaulian" industry, two seperate tribes of "Homo Heidelbergensis" living at the same time but adopting different methods of tool production c. 400,000 y ago. A nice provenanced tool in Extremely Fine Condition. Ex. Rochester Museum; Ex. Woollard collection.

CLASSIC & RARE MASSIVE Paleolithic
Stone Age 'Clactonian Period' Proto Hand-axe

Flint, 2.775 Kg; 225 mm. A Classic and RARE "Clactonian" Chopper used for smashing Mammouth bone etc., from the known lower palaeolithic site of "Twydall" in Kent, collected c.1912 -1915. Old collection inscription in black: TWYDALL. Ref: Rochester Museum - 128/L. This tool shows typical clactonian style manufacture and is in a pristine state of preservation with ink inscribed museum reference number a provenance history information supplied. The flint tools of the "Clactonian" are now accepted as contemporary with the "Acheaulian" industry, two seperate tribes of "Homo Heidelbergensis" living at the same time but adopting different methods of tool production c. 400,000 y ago. A nice provenanced tool in Extremely Fine Condition. Ex. Rochester Museum; Ex. Woollard collection. SOLD

THE LOWER PALAEOLITHIC IMPLEMENTS OF TWYDALL – KENT

The collection was originally donated by a Mr Richard Jones of Welling in Kent to the Rochester Museum. During the period of 1912 - 1915. Mr George Payne of the Kent Archaeological Society also collected along with a Mr George Baker. During the year of 1902 "Sharpes Green Cement Works" was erected then the smallest cement works on record,using second hand equipment and the last to use Static Chamber Kilns. The processing site was situated on the south shore of the river Medway near Gillingham-Kent, on an island known locally as "Horrid Hill" just off the shore. Horrid Hill so named because French prisoners of the Napolianic war who attemted to escape the "Hulks" moored on the river were hanged here for their efforts. The raw material for the manufacture of cement i.e. Chalk was extracted from a local quarry in orchard grounds belonging to a Mr Walter Stunt of Lorrendon-Faversham, Kent,a place called Twydall between Chatham and Upchurch. During the removal of the chalk a infilled cavity was broken through on the eastern face of the quarry,which contained very rich lower Palaeolithic material.

To facilitate the removal of the extracted chalk from the quarry to the works on the river a trackway was constructed to allow a small horse drawn railway to carry wagon loads of chalk for processing. To transport the loads over the tidal saltmarsh from river bank to the island a causeway was built above the upper tidal limit to the works.The material used was the gravel extracted at the quarry which was useless for the manufacture of cement of which contained the implements. The subsequent erosion caused by the tidal flow of the river exposed the Palaeolithic implements along the stretch of the causeway, which during the period of 1912 to 1915 were collected from the surface. The majority of the material is made up of Flakes and Cores typical of the "Clactonian" style with also some Acheulian axes. The implements are well retouched and worked on thick,heavey hard-hammer flakes with high angle platforms-typical of the "Clactonian" industry. The tools are made from the same marbled north kent flint which was used at the Swanscombe Palaeolithic site, the ancient lower gravels of the Thames valley. This flint is a brown and yellow banded variety derivd from the Dark green skinned nodules of the "Bull Head" bed which underlies the Thanet sands.

RARE Paleolithic Stone Age 'Acheulean' Bifacial Chopping Tool. Flint, 350 grams; 99.11 mm. A curved bifacial from the “Acheulean" period, probably used for removing large pieces of meat from mammoth bones and smashing it up, from the known lower Palaeolithic site of Upnor in Kent, collected around 1915 from the same pit as the highly publicised Upnor Elephant which went on display in London’s Natural History Museum. Old collection inscription in black: Upnor 7. This tool shows typical Acheulean style manufacture and is in a pristine state of preservation with ink inscribed collection reference number and provenance history information supplied. The flint tools of the "Acheulean" are now accepted as contemporary with the "Clactonian" industry, two separate tribes of "Homo Heidelbergensis" living at the same time but adopting different methods of tool production c. 400,000 y ago. A nice provenanced tool in Extremely Fine Condition. Ex. J. Edwin Jarvis Collection (Copy of the original collector's identification sheet etc. included in the sale); Ex. Crompton Collection.

RARE Paleolithic Stone Age 'Acheulean' Bifacial Chopping Tool. Flint, 350 grams; 99.11 mm. A curved bifacial from the “Acheulean" period, probably used for removing large pieces of meat from mammoth bones and smashing it up, from the known lower Palaeolithic site of Upnor in Kent, collected around 1915 from the same pit as the highly publicised Upnor Elephant which went on display in London’s Natural History Museum. Old collection inscription in black: Upnor 7. This tool shows typical Acheulean style manufacture and is in a pristine state of preservation with ink inscribed collection reference number and provenance history information supplied. The flint tools of the "Acheulean" are now accepted as contemporary with the "Clactonian" industry, two separate tribes of "Homo Heidelbergensis" living at the same time but adopting different methods of tool production c. 400,000 y ago. A nice provenanced tool in Extremely Fine Condition. Ex. J. Edwin Jarvis Collection (Copy of the original collector's identification sheet etc. included in the sale); Ex. Crompton Collection. SOLD

Neolithic 'Well Worked' Scraper Blade. Flint, 13.21 grams; 43.65 mm. Circa 6000 - 3000 B.C. A triangular shaped scraper blade, used for removing fur and meat from bone. It is bifacially worked with serrated edges to cut through meat easier. Extremely Fine condition, Found Norfolk.

Neolithic 'Well Worked' Scraper Blade. Flint, 13.21 grams; 43.65 mm. Circa 6000 - 3000 B.C. A triangular shaped scraper blade, used for removing fur and meat from bone. It is bifacially worked with serrated edges to cut through meat easier. Extremely Fine condition, Found Norfolk. SOLD

Bronze Age 'Barbed and Tanged Arrowhead. Flint, 3.07 grams; 44.98 mm. Circa 2500 B.C. Worked from a beautiful cream stone, it has two well pronounced barbs and tapers to a point, small part of one barb lost in antiquity. Found Midhurst, W. Sussex.

Bronze Age 'Barbed and Tanged Arrowhead. Flint, 3.07 grams; 44.98 mm. Circa 2500 B.C. Worked from a beautiful cream stone, it has two well pronounced barbs and tapers to a point, small part of one barb lost in antiquity. Found Midhurst, W. Sussex. SOLD

Bronze Age 'Barbed and Tanged Arrowhead. Flint, 1.50 grams; 23.95 mm. Circa 2500 B.C. Worked from a stunning white mottled stone, it has two well pronounced barbs and tapers to a point, small part of tanged lost in antiquity. Found Woodstock, Oxon.

Bronze Age 'Barbed and Tanged Arrowhead. Flint, 1.50 grams; 23.95 mm. Circa 2500 B.C. Worked from a stunning white mottled stone, it has two well pronounced barbs and tapers to a point, small part of tanged lost in antiquity. Found Woodstock, Oxon. SOLD

Neolithic Stone Age 'Barbed and Tanged' Arrowhead. Flint, 3.52 grams; 52.88 mm. Circa 2,000 - 8,000 .C. A nicely worked barbed and tanged arrowhead in grey/brown flint. Complete and undamaged and in Extremely Fine condition. Found North Africa.

Neolithic Stone Age 'Barbed and Tanged' Arrowhead. Flint, 3.52 grams; 52.88 mm. Circa 2,000 - 8,000 .C. A nicely worked barbed and tanged arrowhead in grey/brown flint. Complete and undamaged and in Extremely Fine condition. Found North Africa. SOLD

Neolithic 'Well Worked' Knife/Scraper Blade. Stone, 7.03 grams; 56.75 mm. Circa 8,000 - 2,000 B.C. A well worked Neolithic knife/scraper blade worked from an orange stone, it has a wide base which tapers up to a point. Extremely Fine.

Neolithic 'Well Worked' Knife/Scraper Blade. Stone, 7.03 grams; 56.75 mm. Circa 8,000 - 2,000 B.C. A well worked Neolithic knife/scraper blade worked from an orange stone, it has a wide base which tapers up to a point. Extremely Fine. SOLD

Neolithic 'Well Worked' Knife/Scraper Blade. Stone, 8.48 grams; 68.74 mm. Circa 8,000 - 2,000 B.C. A well worked Neolithic knife/scraper blade worked from a pretty mottle grey stone, it has two sharp points indicating its use a boring implement with sharp worked edges. Extremely Fine.

Neolithic 'Well Worked' Knife/Scraper Blade. Stone, 8.48 grams; 68.74 mm. Circa 8,000 - 2,000 B.C. A well worked Neolithic knife/scraper blade worked from a pretty mottle grey stone, it has two sharp points indicating its use a boring implement with sharp worked edges. Extremely Fine. SOLD

Neolithic 'Well Worked' Flint Scraper Group. Flint, 13.63 - 22.34 mm; 47.43 - 54.83 mm. Circa 6500 B.C. A nicely worked group of three Neolithic scraper blades, used for removing bone and fur from meat. The group is comprised of two in a black/grey mottled stone and one in a white stone. Very Fine, all found Oxfordshire.

Neolithic 'Well Worked' Flint Scraper Group. Flint, 13.63 - 22.34 mm; 47.43 - 54.83 mm. Circa 6500 B.C. A nicely worked group of three Neolithic scraper blades, used for removing bone and fur from meat. The group is comprised of two in a black/grey mottled stone and one in a white stone. Very Fine, all found Oxfordshire. SOLD

Neolithic 'Well Worked' Flint Scraper Group. Flint, 10.65 - 52.25 mm; 38.58 - 87.97 mm. Circa 6500 B.C. A nicely worked group of four Neolithic scraper blades, used for removing bone and fur from meat. The group is comprised of two in a black/grey mottled stone and one in a white stone, and a small blue/grey circular scraper. Very Fine, all found Petersfield, Hants.

Neolithic 'Well Worked' Flint Scraper Group. Flint, 10.65 - 52.25 mm; 38.58 - 87.97 mm. Circa 6500 B.C. A nicely worked group of four Neolithic scraper blades, used for removing bone and fur from meat. The group is comprised of two in a black/grey mottled stone and one in a white stone, and a small blue/grey circular scraper. Very Fine, all found Petersfield, Hants. SOLD

Neolithic 'Bi-facial' Flint Knife. Flint, 15.19 grams; 81.86 mm. Circa 6500 B.C. A worked flint knife blade, it has a bulbous point tapering in the handle. A beautiful translucent stone, Found Petersfield, Hants.

Neolithic 'Bi-facial' Flint Knife. Flint, 15.19 grams; 81.86 mm. Circa 6500 B.C. A worked flint knife blade, it has a bulbous point tapering in the handle. A beautiful translucent stone, Found Petersfield, Hants. SOLD

EGYPTIAN Palaeolithic 'Barbed & Tanged' Stone Age Spear Point. Stone, 11.43 grams; 44.99 mm. Barbed and tanged with a large crude point, this stone age tool represents the earliest known spear head dating to the Middle Palaeolithc Circa 30,000 B.C. Complete with barbs and tang. Tanged 'Aterian' points are very heavy duty projectile points. The are too bulky to be considered an arrowhead, and research shows these were most probably hafted onto small spear shafts. These points were used to hunt large grazing animals such as white rhinoceros, extinct camels and large bovine (ox-like or cow-like) animals. They were also used to hunt smaller animals like gazelle, fox, jackal, warthog, antelopes and ostrich. The word Aterian is a name given by archaeologists to a type of stone tool manufacturing dating to the middle Palaeolithic in the region around the Atlas Mountains and the north Sahara. Good Very Fine on this early and intriguing point.

EGYPTIAN Palaeolithic 'Barbed & Tanged' Stone Age Spear Point. Stone, 11.43 grams; 44.99 mm. Barbed and tanged with a large crude point, this stone age tool represents the earliest known spear head dating to the Middle Palaeolithc Circa 30,000 B.C. Complete with barbs and tang. Tanged 'Aterian' points are very heavy duty projectile points. The are too bulky to be considered an arrowhead, and research shows these were most probably hafted onto small spear shafts. These points were used to hunt large grazing animals such as white rhinoceros, extinct camels and large bovine (ox-like or cow-like) animals. They were also used to hunt smaller animals like gazelle, fox, jackal, warthog, antelopes and ostrich. The word Aterian is a name given by archaeologists to a type of stone tool manufacturing dating to the middle Palaeolithic in the region around the Atlas Mountains and the north Sahara. Good Very Fine on this early and intriguing point. SOLD

TYPE C BRITISH Lower Palaeolithic Period Stone Age 'Proto' Hand-axe. Flint, 440 grams; 126.82 mm. Circa 350,000 - 30,000 B.C. A very early, crude but well worked axe, with worked surfaces to form 'finger holes' and sharp edges. This is a bifacially worked chopper-core which has been deliberately made thinner/more pointed at one end. A rare type of the Clactonian industries, often indistinguishable from rough-outs for hand axes in the more evolved Acheulian industries. Found Highlands Farm Pit, Rotherfield Peppard between 1954 - 1960. Old collection inscription in white: HIGHLANDS, HENLEY PIT. Ref: Reading Museum. 160:62. A nice provenanced axe in Very Fine Condition. Ex. Chris Martin 1980's; Ex. Riley collection; Ex. Crompton collection.

TYPE C BRITISH Lower Palaeolithic Period Stone Age 'Proto' Hand-axe. Flint, 440 grams; 126.82 mm. Circa 350,000 - 30,000 B.C. A very early, crude but well worked axe, with worked surfaces to form 'finger holes' and sharp edges. This is a bifacially worked chopper-core which has been deliberately made thinner/more pointed at one end. A rare type of the Clactonian industries, often indistinguishable from rough-outs for hand axes in the more evolved Acheulian industries. Found Highlands Farm Pit, Rotherfield Peppard between 1954 - 1960. Old collection inscription in white: HIGHLANDS, HENLEY PIT. Ref: Reading Museum. 160:62. A nice provenanced axe in Very Fine Condition. Ex. Chris Martin 1980's; Ex. Riley collection; Ex. Crompton collection. SOLD

Highlands Farm Pit was the last working pit in the Ancient Channel of the Thames between Caversham and Henley and operated from 1954-1960. The gravel was dug with mechanical diggers and transported on a conveyor to the screening plant. These flints along with many other artifacts were rejected on to a spoil heap.

TYPE C BRITISH Lower Palaeolithic Period Stone Age 'Proto' Hand-axe. Flint, 340 grams; 144.34 mm. Circa 350,000 - 30,000 B.C. A very early, crude but well worked axe, with worked surfaces to form 'finger holes' and sharp edges. This is a bifacially worked chopper-core which has been deliberately made thinner/more pointed at one end. A rare type of the Clactonian industries, often indistinguishable from rough-outs for hand axes in the more evolved Acheulian industries. Found Highlands Farm Pit, Rotherfield Peppard between 1954 - 1960. Old collection inscription in white: HIGHLANDS, HENLEY PIT. Ref: Reading Museum. 160:62. A nice provenanced axe in Very Fine Condition. Ex. Chris Martin 1980's; Ex. Riley collection; Ex. Crompton collection.

TYPE C BRITISH Lower Palaeolithic Period Stone Age 'Proto' Hand-axe. Flint, 340 grams; 144.34 mm. Circa 350,000 - 30,000 B.C. A very early, crude but well worked axe, with worked surfaces to form 'finger holes' and sharp edges. This is a bifacially worked chopper-core which has been deliberately made thinner/more pointed at one end. A rare type of the Clactonian industries, often indistinguishable from rough-outs for hand axes in the more evolved Acheulian industries. Found Highlands Farm Pit, Rotherfield Peppard between 1954 - 1960. Old collection inscription in white: HIGHLANDS, HENLEY PIT. Ref: Reading Museum. 160:62. A nice provenanced axe in Very Fine Condition. Ex. Chris Martin 1980's; Ex. Riley collection; Ex. Crompton collection. SOLD

Highlands Farm Pit was the last working pit in the Ancient Channel of the Thames between Caversham and Henley and operated from 1954-1960. The gravel was dug with mechanical diggers and transported on a conveyor to the screening plant. These flints along with many other artifacts were rejected on to a spoil heap.

CLASSIC & RARE Paleolithic Stone Age 'Clactonian Period' Proto Hand-axe. Flint, 900 grams; 134.30 mm. A Classic and RARE "Clactonian" proto hand-axe implement from the known lower palaeolithic site of "Twydall" in Kent, collected c.1912 - 1915. Old collection inscription in black: 10. PB. 1010.C TWYDALL. Ref: Rochester Museum - 7/86. This tool shows typical clactonian style manufacture and is in a pristine state of preservation with ink inscribed museum reference number a provenance history information supplied. The flint tools of the "Clactonian" are now accepted as contemporary with the "Acheaulian" industry, two seperate tribes of "Homo Heidelbergensis" living at the same time but adopting different methods of tool production c. 400,000 y ago. A nice provenanced tool in Extremely Fine Condition. Ex. Rochester Museum; Ex. Woollard collection.

CLASSIC & RARE Paleolithic Stone Age 'Clactonian Period' Proto Hand-axe. Flint, 900 grams; 134.30 mm. A Classic and RARE "Clactonian" proto hand-axe implement from the known lower palaeolithic site of "Twydall" in Kent, collected c.1912 - 1915. Old collection inscription in black: 10. PB. 1010.C TWYDALL. Ref: Rochester Museum - 7/86. This tool shows typical clactonian style manufacture and is in a pristine state of preservation with ink inscribed museum reference number a provenance history information supplied. The flint tools of the "Clactonian" are now accepted as contemporary with the "Acheaulian" industry, two seperate tribes of "Homo Heidelbergensis" living at the same time but adopting different methods of tool production c. 400,000 y ago. A nice provenanced tool in Extremely Fine Condition. Ex. Rochester Museum; Ex. Woollard collection. SOLD

THE LOWER PALAEOLITHIC IMPLEMENTS OF TWYDALL – KENT

The collection was originally donated by a Mr Richard Jones of Welling in Kent to the Rochester Museum. During the period of 1912 - 1915. Mr George Payne of the Kent Archaeological Society also collected along with a Mr George Baker. During the year of 1902 "Sharpes Green Cement Works" was erected then the smallest cement works on record,using second hand equipment and the last to use Static Chamber Kilns. The processing site was situated on the south shore of the river Medway near Gillingham-Kent, on an island known locally as "Horrid Hill" just off the shore. Horrid Hill so named because French prisoners of the Napolianic war who attemted to escape the "Hulks" moored on the river were hanged here for their efforts. The raw material for the manufacture of cement i.e. Chalk was extracted from a local quarry in orchard grounds belonging to a Mr Walter Stunt of Lorrendon-Faversham, Kent,a place called Twydall between Chatham and Upchurch. During the removal of the chalk a infilled cavity was broken through on the eastern face of the quarry,which contained very rich lower Palaeolithic material.

To facilitate the removal of the extracted chalk from the quarry to the works on the river a trackway was constructed to allow a small horse drawn railway to carry wagon loads of chalk for processing. To transport the loads over the tidal saltmarsh from river bank to the island a causeway was built above the upper tidal limit to the works.The material used was the gravel extracted at the quarry which was useless for the manufacture of cement of which contained the implements. The subsequent erosion caused by the tidal flow of the river exposed the Palaeolithic implements along the stretch of the causeway, which during the period of 1912 to 1915 were collected from the surface. The majority of the material is made up of Flakes and Cores typical of the "Clactonian" style with also some Acheulian axes. The implements are well retouched and worked on thick,heavey hard-hammer flakes with high angle platforms-typical of the "Clactonian" industry. The tools are made from the same marbled north kent flint which was used at the Swanscombe Palaeolithic site, the ancient lower gravels of the Thames valley. This flint is a brown and yellow banded variety derivd from the Dark green skinned nodules of the "Bull Head" bed which underlies the Thanet sands.

North American Indian 'Woodland Period' Hand Tool. Circa 1000 B.C. - 800 A.D. Stone, 26.89 grams; 50.76 mm. A nicely worked hand tool made from 'Chalcedonay', from the North American Woodland period. This antiquity was collected from extensive farmland in Sweetwater County, Wyoming, USA, over a period of about three decades. This area later became the homelands of the Shoshone and Arapaho tribes.From the old Sweetwater collection. Very Fine condition. Supplied in a presentation box with cork backing, collection label and certificate of authenticity.

North American Indian 'Woodland Period' Hand Tool. Circa 1000 B.C. - 800 A.D. Stone, 26.89 grams; 50.76 mm. A nicely worked hand tool made from 'Chalcedonay', from the North American Woodland period. This antiquity was collected from extensive farmland in Sweetwater County, Wyoming, USA, over a period of about three decades. This area later became the homelands of the Shoshone and Arapaho tribes.From the old Sweetwater collection. Very Fine condition. Supplied in a presentation box with cork backing, collection label and certificate of authenticity. SOLD

North American Indian 'Woodland Period' Hand Tool. Circa 1000 B.C. - 800 A.D. Stone, 32.66 grams; 49.26 mm. A nicely worked hand tool made from 'Pertrified Wood', from the North American Woodland period. This antiquity was collected from extensive farmland in Sweetwater County, Wyoming, USA, over a period of about three decades. This area later became the homelands of the Shoshone and Arapaho tribes.From the old Sweetwater collection. Very Fine condition. Supplied in a presentation box with cork backing, collection label and certificate of authenticity.

North American Indian 'Woodland Period' Hand Tool. Circa 1000 B.C. - 800 A.D. Stone, 32.66 grams; 49.26 mm. A nicely worked hand tool made from 'Pertrified Wood', from the North American Woodland period. This antiquity was collected from extensive farmland in Sweetwater County, Wyoming, USA, over a period of about three decades. This area later became the homelands of the Shoshone and Arapaho tribes.From the old Sweetwater collection. Very Fine condition. Supplied in a presentation box with cork backing, collection label and certificate of authenticity. SOLD

Neolithic Stone Age 'Barbed Bi-convex' Arrowhead. Flint, 2.58 grams; 41.36 mm. Circa 2,000 - 8,000 .C. A nicely worked barbed arrowhead in light brown flint. Complete and undamaged and in Extremely Fine condition. Found North Africa.

Neolithic Stone Age 'Barbed Bi-convex' Arrowhead. Flint, 2.58 grams; 41.36 mm. Circa 2,000 - 8,000 .C. A nicely worked barbed arrowhead in light brown flint. Complete and undamaged and in Extremely Fine condition. Found North Africa. SOLD

Neolithic Stone Age 'Barbed and Tanged' Arowhead. Flint, 2.72 grams; 31.56 mm. Circa 8,000 - 2,000 B.C. A nicely worked barbed and tanged arrowhead in brown flint. Complete and undamaged and in Extremely Fine condition. Arrowheads and Crossbow Bolts, p. 4, Ref: S56. Extremely Fine condition. Found North Africa.

Neolithic Stone Age 'Barbed and Tanged' Arowhead. Flint, 2.72 grams; 31.56 mm. Circa 8,000 - 2,000 B.C. A nicely worked barbed and tanged arrowhead in brown flint. Complete and undamaged and in Extremely Fine condition. Arrowheads and Crossbow Bolts, p. 4, Ref: S56. Extremely Fine condition. Found North Africa. SOLD

Neolithic 'Polished' Hand Axe. Stone, 275 grams, 116.72 mm. Circa 5000 B.C. A large hand axe dating to the late Neolithic period. It has a rounded end to form a safe grip, with a slightly polished blade to form a sharper, expertly worked cutting edge. Extremely Fine condition. Found North Africa.

Neolithic 'Polished' Hand Axe. Stone, 275 grams, 116.72 mm. Circa 5000 B.C. A large hand axe dating to the late Neolithic period. It has a rounded end to form a safe grip, with a slightly polished blade to form a sharper, expertly worked cutting edge. Extremely Fine condition. Found North Africa. SOLD

Neolithic 'Well Worked' Stone Age Knife. Flint, 25.62 grams, 105.11 mm. 5200 - 4500 B.C. A well worked knife blade from the British Neolithic period. It has a sharp narrow blade which tapers to a vicious point, indicating its use as a boring tool.

Neolithic 'Well Worked' Stone Age Knife. Flint, 25.62 grams, 105.11 mm. 5200 - 4500 B.C. A well worked knife blade from the British Neolithic period. It has a sharp narrow blade which tapers to a vicious point, indicating its use as a boring tool. SOLD

EGYPTIAN Palaeolithic 'Barbed & Tanged' Stone Age Spear Point. Stone, 9.62 grams; 50.95 mm. Barbed and tanged with a large crude point, this stone age tool represents the earliest known spear head dating to the Middle Palaeolithc Circa 30,000 B.C. Complete with barbs and tang. Tanged 'Aterian' points are very heavy duty projectile points. The are too bulky to be considered an arrowhead, and research shows these were most probably hafted onto small spear shafts. These points were used to hunt large grazing animals such as white rhinoceros, extinct camels and large bovine (ox-like or cow-like) animals. They were also used to hunt smaller animals like gazelle, fox, jackal, warthog, antelopes and ostrich. The word Aterian is a name given by archaeologists to a type of stone tool manufacturing dating to the middle Palaeolithic in the region around the Atlas Mountains and the north Sahara. Good Very Fine on this early and intriguing point.

EGYPTIAN Palaeolithic 'Barbed & Tanged' Stone Age Spear Point. Stone, 9.62 grams; 50.95 mm. Barbed and tanged with a large crude point, this stone age tool represents the earliest known spear head dating to the Middle Palaeolithc Circa 30,000 B.C. Complete with barbs and tang. Tanged 'Aterian' points are very heavy duty projectile points. The are too bulky to be considered an arrowhead, and research shows these were most probably hafted onto small spear shafts. These points were used to hunt large grazing animals such as white rhinoceros, extinct camels and large bovine (ox-like or cow-like) animals. They were also used to hunt smaller animals like gazelle, fox, jackal, warthog, antelopes and ostrich. The word Aterian is a name given by archaeologists to a type of stone tool manufacturing dating to the middle Palaeolithic in the region around the Atlas Mountains and the north Sahara. Good Very Fine on this early and intriguing point.

EGYPTIAN Palaeolithic 'Barbed & Tanged' Stone Age Spear Point. Stone, 8.28 grams; 48.34 mm. Barbed and tanged with a large crude point, this stone age tool represents the earliest known spear head dating to the Middle Palaeolithc Circa 30,000 B.C. Complete with barbs and tang. Tanged 'Aterian' points are very heavy duty projectile points. The are too bulky to be considered an arrowhead, and research shows these were most probably hafted onto small spear shafts. These points were used to hunt large grazing animals such as white rhinoceros, extinct camels and large bovine (ox-like or cow-like) animals. They were also used to hunt smaller animals like gazelle, fox, jackal, warthog, antelopes and ostrich. The word Aterian is a name given by archaeologists to a type of stone tool manufacturing dating to the middle Palaeolithic in the region around the Atlas Mountains and the north Sahara. Good Very Fine on this early and intriguing point.

EGYPTIAN Palaeolithic 'Barbed & Tanged' Stone Age Spear Point. Stone, 8.28 grams; 48.34 mm. Barbed and tanged with a large crude point, this stone age tool represents the earliest known spear head dating to the Middle Palaeolithc Circa 30,000 B.C. Complete with barbs and tang. Tanged 'Aterian' points are very heavy duty projectile points. The are too bulky to be considered an arrowhead, and research shows these were most probably hafted onto small spear shafts. These points were used to hunt large grazing animals such as white rhinoceros, extinct camels and large bovine (ox-like or cow-like) animals. They were also used to hunt smaller animals like gazelle, fox, jackal, warthog, antelopes and ostrich. The word Aterian is a name given by archaeologists to a type of stone tool manufacturing dating to the middle Palaeolithic in the region around the Atlas Mountains and the north Sahara. Good Very Fine on this early and intriguing point. SOLD

Neolithic Stone Age 'Barbed and Tanged' Arrowhead. Flint, 2.30 grams; 38.48 mm. Circa 2,000 - 8,000 B.C. A nicely worked barbed and tanged arrowhead in brown flint. Complete and undamaged and in Extremely Fine condition. Found North Africa.

Neolithic Stone Age 'Barbed and Tanged' Arrowhead. Flint, 2.30 grams; 38.48 mm. Circa 2,000 - 8,000 B.C. A nicely worked barbed and tanged arrowhead in brown flint. Complete and undamaged and in Extremely Fine condition. Found North Africa. SOLD

Neolithic Stone Age 'Barbed and Tanged' Arrowhead. Flint, 1.90 grams; 38.18 mm. Circa 2,000 - 8,000 B.C. A nicely worked barbed and tanged arrowhead in brown flint. Complete and undamaged and in Extremely Fine condition. Found North Africa.

Neolithic Stone Age 'Barbed and Tanged' Arrowhead. Flint, 1.90 grams; 38.18 mm. Circa 2,000 - 8,000 B.C. A nicely worked barbed and tanged arrowhead in brown flint. Complete and undamaged and in Extremely Fine condition. Found North Africa. SOLD

Neolithic Stone Age 'Barbed and Tanged' Arrowhead. Flint, 1.28 grams; 35.58 mm. Circa 2,000 - 8,000 .C. A nicely worked barbed and tanged arrowhead in grey/brown flint. Complete and undamaged and in Extremely Fine condition. Found North Africa.

Neolithic Stone Age 'Barbed and Tanged' Arrowhead. Flint, 1.28 grams; 35.58 mm. Circa 2,000 - 8,000 .C. A nicely worked barbed and tanged arrowhead in grey/brown flint. Complete and undamaged and in Extremely Fine condition. Found North Africa. SOLD

TYPE C BRITISH Lower Palaeolithic Period Stone Age 'Proto' Hand-axe. Flint, 310 grams; 116.03 mm. Circa 30,000 - 10,000 B.C. A very early, crude but well worked axe, with worked surfaces to form 'finger holes' and sharp edges. This is a bifacially worked chopper-core which has been deliberately made thinner/more pointed at one end. A rare type of the Clactonian industries, often indistinguishable from rough-outs for hand axes in the more evolved Acheulian industries. Found Highlands Farm Pit, Rotherfield Peppard between 1954 - 1960. Old collection inscription in white: HIGHLANDS, HENLEY PIT. Ref: Reading Museum. 160:62. A nice provenanced axe in Very Fine Condition. Ex. Chris Martin 1980's; Ex. Riley collection; Ex. Crompton collection.

TYPE C BRITISH Lower Palaeolithic Period Stone Age 'Proto' Hand-axe. Flint, 310 grams; 116.03 mm. Circa 30,000 - 10,000 B.C. A very early, crude but well worked axe, with worked surfaces to form 'finger holes' and sharp edges. This is a bifacially worked chopper-core which has been deliberately made thinner/more pointed at one end. A rare type of the Clactonian industries, often indistinguishable from rough-outs for hand axes in the more evolved Acheulian industries. Found Highlands Farm Pit, Rotherfield Peppard between 1954 - 1960. Old collection inscription in white: HIGHLANDS, HENLEY PIT. Ref: Reading Museum. 160:62. A nice provenanced axe in Very Fine Condition. Ex. Chris Martin 1980's; Ex. Riley collection; Ex. Crompton collection. SOLD

Highlands Farm Pit was the last working pit in the Ancient Channel of the Thames between Caversham and Henley and operated from 1954-1960. The gravel was dug with mechanical diggers and transported on a conveyor to the screening plant. These flints along with many other artifacts were rejected on to a spoil heap.

BRITISH Lower Palaeolithic Period Stone Age 'Proto' Hand-axe. Flint, 155 grams; 78.61 mm. Circa 30,000 - 10,000 B.C. A very early, crude but well worked axe, with worked surfaces to form 'finger holes' and sharp edges. This is a bifacially worked chopper-core which has been deliberately made thinner/more pointed at one end. A rare type of the Clactonian industries, often indistinguishable from rough-outs for hand axes in the more evolved Acheulian industries. Found Highlands Farm Pit, Rotherfield Peppard between 1954 - 1960. Old collection inscription in white: HIGHLANDS, HENLEY PIT. Ref: Reading Museum. 160:62. A nice provenanced axe in Very Fine Condition. Ex. Chris Martin 1980's; Ex. Riley collection; Ex. Crompton collection.

BRITISH Lower Palaeolithic Period Stone Age 'Proto' Hand-axe. Flint, 155 grams; 78.61 mm. Circa 30,000 - 10,000 B.C. A very early, crude but well worked axe, with worked surfaces to form 'finger holes' and sharp edges. This is a bifacially worked chopper-core which has been deliberately made thinner/more pointed at one end. A rare type of the Clactonian industries, often indistinguishable from rough-outs for hand axes in the more evolved Acheulian industries. Found Highlands Farm Pit, Rotherfield Peppard between 1954 - 1960. Old collection inscription in white: HIGHLANDS, HENLEY PIT. Ref: Reading Museum. 160:62. A nice provenanced axe in Very Fine Condition. Ex. Chris Martin 1980's; Ex. Riley collection; Ex. Crompton collection. SOLD

Highlands Farm Pit was the last working pit in the Ancient Channel of the Thames between Caversham and Henley and operated from 1954-1960. The gravel was dug with mechanical diggers and transported on a conveyor to the screening plant. These flints along with many other artifacts were rejected on to a spoil heap.

BRITISH Lower Palaeolithic Period Stone Age 'Proto' Hand-axe/Scraper. Flint, 115 grams; 68.51 mm. Circa 30,000 - 10,000 B.C. A very early, crude but well worked axe, with worked surfaces to form 'finger holes' and sharp edges. This is a bifacially worked chopper-core which has been deliberately made thinner/more pointed at one end. A rare type of the Clactonian industries, often indistinguishable from rough-outs for hand axes in the more evolved Acheulian industries. Found Highlands Farm Pit, Rotherfield Peppard between 1954 - 1960. Old collection inscription in white: HIGHLANDS, HENLEY PIT. Ref: Reading Museum. 160:62. A nice provenanced axe in Very Fine Condition. Ex. Chris Martin 1980's; Ex. Riley collection; Ex. Crompton collection.

BRITISH Lower Palaeolithic Period Stone Age 'Proto' Hand-axe/Scraper. Flint, 115 grams; 68.51 mm. Circa 30,000 - 10,000 B.C. A very early, crude but well worked axe, with worked surfaces to form 'finger holes' and sharp edges. This is a bifacially worked chopper-core which has been deliberately made thinner/more pointed at one end. A rare type of the Clactonian industries, often indistinguishable from rough-outs for hand axes in the more evolved Acheulian industries. Found Highlands Farm Pit, Rotherfield Peppard between 1954 - 1960. Old collection inscription in white: HIGHLANDS, HENLEY PIT. Ref: Reading Museum. 160:62. A nice provenanced axe in Very Fine Condition. Ex. Chris Martin 1980's; Ex. Riley collection; Ex. Crompton collection. SOLD

Highlands Farm Pit was the last working pit in the Ancient Channel of the Thames between Caversham and Henley and operated from 1954-1960. The gravel was dug with mechanical diggers and transported on a conveyor to the screening plant. These flints along with many other artifacts were rejected on to a spoil heap.

BRITISH Lower Palaeolithic Period Stone Age Scraper. Flint, 95 grams; 78.02 mm. Circa 30,000 - 10,000 B.C. A very early scraper with worked surfaces to form 'finger holes' and sharp edges. This is a bifacially worked flint which has been deliberately made thinner/more pointed at one end. Found Highlands Farm Pit, Rotherfield Peppard between 1954 - 1960. Old collection inscription in white, very worn: HIGHLANDS, HENLEY. Ref: Reading Museum. 160:62. A nice provenanced Stone Age tool in Very Fine Condition. Ex. Chris Martin 1980's; Ex. Riley collection; Ex. Crompton collection.

BRITISH Lower Palaeolithic Period Stone Age Scraper. Flint, 95 grams; 78.02 mm. Circa 30,000 - 10,000 B.C. A very early scraper with worked surfaces to form 'finger holes' and sharp edges. This is a bifacially worked flint which has been deliberately made thinner/more pointed at one end. Found Highlands Farm Pit, Rotherfield Peppard between 1954 - 1960. Old collection inscription in white, very worn: HIGHLANDS, HENLEY. Ref: Reading Museum. 160:62. A nice provenanced Stone Age tool in Very Fine Condition. Ex. Chris Martin 1980's; Ex. Riley collection; Ex. Crompton collection. SOLD

Highlands Farm Pit was the last working pit in the Ancient Channel of the Thames between Caversham and Henley and operated from 1954-1960. The gravel was dug with mechanical diggers and transported on a conveyor to the screening plant. These flints along with many other artifacts were rejected on to a spoil heap.

BRITISH Lower Palaeolithic Period Stone Age Scraper. Flint, 95 grams; 81.16 mm. Circa 30,000 - 10,000 B.C. A very early scraper with worked surfaces to form 'finger holes' and sharp edges. This is a bifacially worked flint which has been deliberately made thinner/more pointed at one end. Found Highlands Farm Pit, Rotherfield Peppard between 1954 - 1960. Old collection inscription in white, very worn: HIGHLANDS, HENLEY. Ref: Reading Museum. 160:62. A nice provenanced Stone Age tool in Very Fine Condition. Ex. Chris Martin 1980's; Ex. Riley collection; Ex. Crompton collection.

BRITISH Lower Palaeolithic Period Stone Age Scraper. Flint, 95 grams; 81.16 mm. Circa 30,000 - 10,000 B.C. A very early scraper with worked surfaces to form 'finger holes' and sharp edges. This is a bifacially worked flint which has been deliberately made thinner/more pointed at one end. Found Highlands Farm Pit, Rotherfield Peppard between 1954 - 1960. Old collection inscription in white, very worn: HIGHLANDS, HENLEY. Ref: Reading Museum. 160:62. A nice provenanced Stone Age tool in Very Fine Condition. Ex. Chris Martin 1980's; Ex. Riley collection; Ex. Crompton collection. SOLD

Highlands Farm Pit was the last working pit in the Ancient Channel of the Thames between Caversham and Henley and operated from 1954-1960. The gravel was dug with mechanical diggers and transported on a conveyor to the screening plant. These flints along with many other artifacts were rejected on to a spoil heap.

BRITISH Lower Palaeolithic Period Stone Age Scraper Group. Flint, 105 grams; 38.08-70.33 mm. Circa 30,000 - 10,000 B.C. A collection of very early, crude but well worked flints, with worked surfaces to form 'finger holes' and sharp edges. Found Highlands Farm Pit, Rotherfield Peppard between 1954 - 1960. Ref: Reading Museum. 160:62. A nice provenanced group in Very Fine Condition. Ex. Chris Martin 1980's; Ex. Riley collection; Ex. Crompton collection.

BRITISH Lower Palaeolithic Period Stone Age Scraper Group. Flint, 105 grams; 38.08-70.33 mm. Circa 30,000 - 10,000 B.C. A collection of very early, crude but well worked flints, with worked surfaces to form 'finger holes' and sharp edges. Found Highlands Farm Pit, Rotherfield Peppard between 1954 - 1960. Ref: Reading Museum. 160:62. A nice provenanced group in Very Fine Condition. Ex. Chris Martin 1980's; Ex. Riley collection; Ex. Crompton collection. SOLD

Highlands Farm Pit was the last working pit in the Ancient Channel of the Thames between Caversham and Henley and operated from 1954-1960. The gravel was dug with mechanical diggers and transported on a conveyor to the screening plant. These flints along with many other artifacts were rejected on to a spoil heap.

BRITISH Lower Palaeolithic Period Stone Age Scraper Group. Flint, 130 grams; 46.15-95.24 mm. Circa 30,000 - 10,000 B.C. A collection of very early, crude but well worked flints, with worked surfaces to form 'finger holes' and sharp edges. Found Highlands Farm Pit, Rotherfield Peppard between 1954 - 1960. Ref: Reading Museum. 160:62. A nice provenanced group in Very Fine Condition. Ex. Chris Martin 1980's; Ex. Riley collection; Ex. Crompton collection.

BRITISH Lower Palaeolithic Period Stone Age Scraper Group. Flint, 130 grams; 46.15-95.24 mm. Circa 30,000 - 10,000 B.C. A collection of very early, crude but well worked flints, with worked surfaces to form 'finger holes' and sharp edges. Found Highlands Farm Pit, Rotherfield Peppard between 1954 - 1960. Ref: Reading Museum. 160:62. A nice provenanced group in Very Fine Condition. Ex. Chris Martin 1980's; Ex. Riley collection; Ex. Crompton collection. SOLD

Highlands Farm Pit was the last working pit in the Ancient Channel of the Thames between Caversham and Henley and operated from 1954-1960. The gravel was dug with mechanical diggers and transported on a conveyor to the screening plant. These flints along with many other artifacts were rejected on to a spoil heap.

Neolithic 'Polished' Stone Age Axe. Circa 4500 - 5200 B.C. Stone, 156 grams; 103.88 mm. A worked British axe head, with a partially polished finish, and a good cutting edge. From an old deceased estate, Dublin. Ex. Bonham's.

Neolithic 'Polished' Stone Age Axe. Circa 4500 - 5200 B.C. Stone, 156 grams; 103.88 mm. A worked British axe head, with a partially polished finish, and a good cutting edge. From an old deceased estate, Dublin. Ex. Bonham's. SOLD

Neolithic Sone Age Flints. Circa 4500 - 5200 B.C. Flint, 39.59 grams; 60.51 - 38.02 mm. Scrapers and a flint blade with worked edges. From a famous old collection. Found Suffolk.

Neolithic Sone Age Flints. Circa 4500 - 5200 B.C. Flint, 39.59 grams; 60.51 - 38.02 mm. Scrapers and a flint blade with worked edges. From a famous old collection. Found Suffolk. SOLD

Neolithic 'Worked' Stone Age Axe. Flint, 28.97 grams, 68.79 mm. 5200 - 4500 B.C. A nicely worked hand axe from the British Neolithic period. It is of a crude leaf shape with a well worked sharp tapered Point.

Neolithic 'Worked' Stone Age Axe. Flint, 28.97 grams, 68.79 mm. 5200 - 4500 B.C. A nicely worked hand axe from the British Neolithic period. It is of a crude leaf shape with a well worked sharp tapered Point. SOLD

Neolithic 'Leaf Shape' Stone Age Axe. Flint, 14.61 grams, 63.84 mm. 5200 - 4500 B.C. A beautifully miniature hand axe. Bi-convex leaf shape with a tapered cutting point and rounded butt. A great English find.

Neolithic 'Leaf Shape' Stone Age Axe. Flint, 14.61 grams, 63.84 mm. 5200 - 4500 B.C. A beautifully miniature hand axe. Bi-convex leaf shape with a tapered cutting point and rounded butt. A great English find. SOLD

Neolithic Stone Age 'Barbed and Tanged' Arrowhead. Flint, 4.03 grams; 54.02 mm. Circa 2,000 - 8, 000 B.C. A nicely worked stone arrowhead in light brown flint. A large barbed and tanged superior example in extremely Fine condition. Found North Africa.

Neolithic Stone Age 'Barbed and Tanged' Arrowhead. Flint, 4.03 grams; 54.02 mm. Circa 2,000 - 8, 000 B.C. A nicely worked stone arrowhead in light brown flint. A large barbed and tanged superior example in extremely Fine condition. Found North Africa. SOLD

Neolithic Stone Age 'Barbed and Tanged' Arrowhead. Flint, 2.31 grams; 41.14 mm. Circa 2,000 - 8,000 B.C. A nicely worked stone arrowhead in brown flint. A barbed and tanged example in Good Very Fine condition. Found North Africa.

Neolithic Stone Age 'Barbed and Tanged' Arrowhead. Flint, 2.31 grams; 41.14 mm. Circa 2,000 - 8,000 B.C. A nicely worked stone arrowhead in brown flint. A barbed and tanged example in Good Very Fine condition. Found North Africa. SOLD

Neolithic Stone Age 'Barbed and Tanged' Arrowhead. Flint, 1.24 grams; 34.24 mm. Circa 2,000 - 8,000 B.C. A nicely worked barbed and tanged arrowhead in brown flint. Almost complete and undamaged and in Extremely Fine condition. Found North Africa.

Neolithic Stone Age 'Barbed and Tanged' Arrowhead. Flint, 1.24 grams; 34.24 mm. Circa 2,000 - 8,000 B.C. A nicely worked barbed and tanged arrowhead in brown flint. Almost complete and undamaged and in Extremely Fine condition. Found North Africa. SOLD

Neolithic Stone Age 'Barbed and Tanged' Arrowhead. Flint, 1.30 grams; 30.64 mm. Circa 2,000 - 8,000 B.C. A nicely worked barbed and tanged arrowhead in brown flint. Complete and undamaged and in Extremely Fine condition. Found North Africa.

Neolithic Stone Age 'Barbed and Tanged' Arrowhead. Flint, 1.30 grams; 30.64 mm. Circa 2,000 - 8,000 B.C. A nicely worked barbed and tanged arrowhead in brown flint. Complete and undamaged and in Extremely Fine condition. Found North Africa. SOLD

Neolithic 'Polished' Hand Axe. Stone, 65 grams, 53.05 mm. Circa 5000 B.C. A great dark grey, speckled hand axe dating to the late Neolithic period. It has a rounded end to form a safe grip, with expertly worked cutting edge. Extremely Fine condition. Found North Africa.

Neolithic 'Polished' Hand Axe. Stone, 65 grams, 53.05 mm. Circa 5000 B.C. A great dark grey, speckled hand axe dating to the late Neolithic period. It has a rounded end to form a safe grip, with expertly worked cutting edge. Extremely Fine condition. Found North Africa. SOLD

Neolithic 'Polished' Hand Axe. Stone, 220 grams, 97.42 mm. Circa 5000 B.C. A hand axe dating to the late Neolithic period. It has a rounded end to form a safe grip, with expertly worked cutting edge. Extremely Fine condition. Found North Africa.

Neolithic 'Polished' Hand Axe. Stone, 220 grams, 97.42 mm. Circa 5000 B.C. A hand axe dating to the late Neolithic period. It has a rounded end to form a safe grip, with expertly worked cutting edge. Extremely Fine condition. Found North Africa. SOLD