ACH242 - LOWER PALEOLITHIC ACHEULIAN TRIHEDRAL PICK HAND AXE MADE BY HOMO ERECTUS (ERGASTER)

Product Description

ID

Acheulian Tool

FOUND

Exposed Site - Sahara Desert,
NW Africa

AGE

ACHEULIAN: 1.2 million - 500,000 years

SIZE

5.5" long x 3.2" wide

CONDITION

INTACT AND COMPLETE.  NO REPAIR
OR RESTORATION.  100% GENUINE
WITH MINERALIZED SEDIMENT AND
CHOICE BI-COLOR PATINA FROM
LONG-TERM SURFACE EXPOSURE
ON ONE SIDE.

NOTE

COMPLETE EXAMPLE OF AN
AFRICAN ACHEULIAN TRIHEDRAL
PICK HAND AXE.  IDEALLY SUITED
FOR PUNCTURING MAIN BONES
OF LARGE HUNTED PREY TO
GET TO PRIZED MARROW.

Actual Item - One Only

Comes with a certificate of
authenticity / information sheet

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This rare quality Saharan Acheulian hand axe was made and used by Homo ergaster (African Homo erectus).  It was surface-collected from an exposed Acheulian site in the Northwestern Sahara Desert of North Africa.  This Lower Paleolithic tool represents the first intelligent design type known to science that was made by primitive humans.  Prior to these Saharan Acheulian tools, only crude pebble tools existed in the human fossil record.

This hand axe is a FINE example of a TRIHEDRAL PICK.  The trihedral pick is characterized by its long, narrow pointed shape of three faces leading to a sharp tip.  Hand axes of this type were designed to puncture large bones to access the highly-prized marrow inside, the most nourishing protein source of the period.  The flaking is excellent and shows masterful craftsmanship from its primitive human creator.  Light blushes of orange on one side caused by millennia of this side facing down and absorbing the minerals of the Sahara red sands.  Other side shows a different color - a prized and classic example only found in authentic specimens. In "as found" ORIGINAL condition.  NO REPAIR and NO RESTORATION.