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AFRICAN OLDOWAN PEBBLE CHOPPING TOOL WITH SUPERB EVIDENCE OF EXTREME AGE IN PARTIAL DESERT EXPOSURE Exposed Saharan Site - Algeria, North Africa LOWER PALEOLITHIC PERIOD: 1.8 - 1 million years ago Pebble Oldowan tools from primitive humans of Africa are seldom seen in private collections or public exhibits. Oldowan sites exist in numerous regions of the continent but it takes a very knowledgeable collector to be able to weed out all the naturally-occurring rocks that litter the ground from an actual pebble tool specimen. As the origin of humanity and as the earliest of tool technologies, this African Oldowan specimen poses a very important potential addition to any advanced collection of Paleolithic artifacts. African pebble tools are not common on the market compared to their much later Acheulian relatives. Fakes and ordinary stones are routinely sold as genuine pebble tools on the marketplace so dealing with a highly knowledgeable and reputable seller of this kind of artifact is of utmost importance. This specimen was decommissioned from a private museum collection and is of the finest condition, complete with no modern damage. It is a pebble tool chopper made on an elongated quartzite cobble. A chisel end has been struck on one side with prehistoric sharpening on the opposing side. For smaller hands and smaller tasks, this is a superb specimen in this typology. Specimen is in pure, undamaged and complete condition and represents one of the rarest tools to acquire on the private market and THE FIRST type of tool early humans made and utilized. Expectedly, with this kind of extreme age and desert exposure, there must be surface evidence of the blowing wind and sand as well as the overall wear. One edge can be seen that had been abraded by blowing sands while the other smooth side remain buried in the sand as this piece lay undisturbed for hundreds of thousands of years. Workmanship is excellent affording a well-thought out design and functional grip when held. NO MODERN DAMAGE, NO REPAIR and NO RESTORATION. As found and with our highest recommendation. No one can doubt the importance that pebble tools hold in the history of human development. Their very emergence in Africa nearly two million years ago allowed the earliest humans to butcher animals for their meat - the needed nourishment that allowed humans to survive and flourish to one day populate and rule the earth. AN ULTRA-RARE PEBBLE TOOL FROM THE CONTINENT WHERE HUMANITY BEGAN AFRICAN OLDOWAN SPECIMENS ARE SCARCE IN PRIVATE COLLECTIONS!!! 3.4" x 2.2" SOLD PB082 Actual Item - One Only |
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