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FINEST GRADE NEANDERTHAL MOUSTERIAN FLINT SCRAPER WITH KNAPPED END FOR HAFTING TO HANDLE Rock Shelter - Dordogne (Village of Plazac), 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 Dordogne, France, considered to be the "Capitol of Prehistory". The site this specimen was excavated from is now closed and protected by the government. This rare artifact was legally collected with the landowner's permission decades ago before the area was sealed. Dordogne is one of the world's most famous Neanderthal regions and the fact that this archeological site is off-limits to any collecting, makes this wonderful stone tool artifact exceedingly rare and desirable! This rare Neanderthal flint tool is classified as a FLAKE DOUBLE SIDE SCRAPER. It shows cutting edges on both sides. One side shows a very are and wonderfully worked are of considerable resharpening. So much in fact, that an indentation of this cutting area can be seen. A reduced proximal end indicates this scraper was hafted to a wood, bone or ivory handle by its Neanderthal maker. This tool is the most obvious specimen we have ever offered with this feature. Intact original sediments from the layer in which is was dug are still attached to the surface of the tool. It was discovered in a rock shelter with other tools and some broken fossil animal bones, mostly likely fractured for the prized marrow inside, a valuable Neanderthal food source. The blade edges are still sharp and in 'as made' condition. A superb example from this famous site! NO RESTORATION and NO REPAIR. 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. HAFTED FLAKE TOOLS FROM THIS PERIOD ARE RARE - THIS EXAMPLE SHOWS THE FINEST EVIDENCE OF THIS SITE NOW PROTECTED AND NO COLLECTING HAS BEEN ALLOWED SINCE 1986! 1.75" in length $295 M207 INCLUDES DISPLAY BOX Actual Item - One Only |
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