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LARGE MOUSTERIAN NEANDERTHAL SIDE SCRAPER Rock Shelter - Caen, France MIDDLE PALEOLITHIC PERIOD (MOUSTERIAN): 80,000 - 40,000 years ago This authentic stone tool was fashioned by Neanderthals over 40,000 years ago out of flint and discovered in the world famous region of Caen, France. The site this specimen was excavated from is now closed and protected by the government. This rare artifact was legally collected decades ago before the area was sealed. France holds many of the world's most famous Neanderthal sites and the fact that this archeological site is off-limits to any collecting, makes this wonderful stone tool artifact exceedingly rare and desirable! Because collecting these artifacts has been off-limits for decades, genuine fine grade Mousterian tools such as this specimen are most certain to continue to appreciate in value as time goes on. This rare Neanderthal flint tool is classified as a SIDE SCRAPER. It is a very large and robust example designed for heavy-duty cutting tasks. This is the same site where the French Mousterian hand-axes we have sold come from. The original collector found few flake tools with the handaxes and this is one of them. It is the first and one of very few we have even in our own collection. The cutting edge is sharp and exhibits signs of prehistoric resharpening. The depression in the side is from frost. A superb example from this famous site! NO RESTORATION, REPAIR OR MODERN DAMAGE. Our fortunate purchase of a very old private collection from the original excavator allows us to offer this artifact at a price WELL BELOW ITS BOOK VALUE. The MOUSTERIAN tool tradition gets its name from artifacts discovered at a primitive rock shelter named Le Moustier located in southwestern France. Compared to the bulkier tools of the Acheulian produced by the Levallois technique, Mousterian tools are comprised of smaller flakes from an exhaustively worked core which are then retouched on the edges to make a large variety of tools. These tools are not only smaller than Acheulian specimens, but they are more specialized for their various tasks. Mousterian tools can be broadly put into four classes: 1) SAWS (Denticulate Tools) and KNIVES, 2) SCRAPERS 3) BORERS 4) HANDAXES, CHOPPERS and CLEAVERS. Mousterian tool-makers were the primitive humans knows as the NEANDERTHALS. Neanderthals had massive skeletons and teeth, flat foreheads and heavy brow ridges. Their skulls were larger than a modern man and contained an average brain capacity of 1500 cc, averaging slightly larger than humans of today. GIANT EXAMPLE WITH VERY BROAD CUTTING EDGE - FAMOUS SITE CLOSED TO COLLECTING SINCE 1986 THE MOST IMPRESSIVE NEANDERTHAL FLAKE SCRAPER WE HAVE EVER OFFERED! - PERFECT AND INTACT! 3" in length $275 M199 INCLUDES DISPLAY BOX Actual Item - One Only |
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