N171 - SET OF 3 EUROPEAN NEOLITHIC OMALIEN CULTURE FLINT STRUCK BLADE TOOLS

Product Description

ID

European Neolithic Tool

FOUND

St. Georges, Belgium

AGE

NEOLITHIC:  7000 - 6000 years

SIZE

2.5" - 1.75" long

CONDITION

INTACT AND COMPLETE  
NO REPAIR OR RESTORATION

NOTE

SCARCE EUROPEAN
NEOLITHIC CULTURE FOR
ARTIFACTS ON THE
MARKET. 

PERFECT INTACT EXAMPLES
OF THREE CORE STRUCK
BLADES, ONE EXPERTLY
SHAPED INTO AN END
SCRAPER.

INCLUDES DISPLAY BOX

Actual Item - One Only

Comes with a certificate of
authenticity / information sheet

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This prehistoric flint tool set was expertly crafted by the first inhabitants of what is now present day Belgium known as the Omaliens.  These tribes were famous for being the first to practice farming and animal husbandry.  Their tools represent extreme skill in craftsmanship and design being fashioned of the finest quality flint mined in this region of Europe.  Tools from the Omaliens are rarely available for public sale and represent an excellent opportunity to acquire a genuine stone tool artifact from some of first agriculturalists of Europe!

In this set are three STRUCK BLADES with one converted to an END SCRAPER.  Each tool cutting edge shows extensive prehistoric use.  The end scraper shows an expertly flaked rounded end.  All show a wonderful lustrous soil sheen.  Each tool possesses mineral deposits and staining deep in the micro-crevices and flaking hinge fractures - traits ONLY found in AUTHENTIC ancient and prehistoric stone tools.   Each tool is intact with no modern damage, repair or restoration.

A big step forward in the history of humanity is the introduction of agriculture and stock breeding.  About 10,000 years ago the earliest farmers emerge in the Ancient Near East.  The new way of food production reached the Belgian region 4,000 years later with the majority  of settlements found on Belgium's most fertile soils.  The presence of large numbers of post holes on those sites clearly indicates that these people lived in large wooden long houses, divided in three parts (stable, living quarters and storage).  With the advent of food production comes the need for a second innovation - pottery. 

Although the Omaliens were present for thousands of years, they mysteriously disappeared leaving only their black, richly decorated pottery with loop handles for hanging, millstones and well-made tools.  No graves, or urns of ashes have been found and most particularly, no weapons, indicating a peace-loving people.

Omalien prehistoric tools are rare and unique from a culture that has yet to be fully studied.