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$15.56 Shipping Location: EVESHAM, United Kingdom The Aterian is associated with early Homo sapiens at a number of sites in Morocco. Such examples of shell 'beads' have been found far inland, suggesting ... morethe presence of long distance social networks.
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$15.56 Shipping Location: EVESHAM, United Kingdom The Aterian is associated with early Homo sapiens at a number of sites in Morocco. Such examples of shell 'beads' have been found far inland, suggesting ... morethe presence of long distance social networks.
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$15.56 Shipping Location: EVESHAM, United Kingdom The Aterian is associated with early Homo sapiens at a number of sites in Morocco. Such examples of shell 'beads' have been found far inland, suggesting ... morethe presence of long distance social networks.
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$15.56 Shipping Location: EVESHAM, United Kingdom The Aterian is associated with early Homo sapiens at a number of sites in Morocco. Such examples of shell 'beads' have been found far inland, suggesting ... morethe presence of long distance social networks.
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$15.56 Shipping Location: EVESHAM, United Kingdom The Aterian is associated with early Homo sapiens at a number of sites in Morocco. Such examples of shell 'beads' have been found far inland, suggesting ... morethe presence of long distance social networks.
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4 Paleolithic Aterian and 6 Mesolithic Sahara Neolithic stone tools
Lot Description: This is a group of 5 good Aterian tools and Mesolithic unifacial blades found in the Sahara desert. In the region of Morocco. The 5 Aterian tools are very old, a good 30,000 years old and quite possibly up to 50,000 years before present. They are the first tools with a stem for hafting and were probably used for cutting and scrapping of hides. The tips of these points are typically worked around rather than coming to a sharpe tip necessary for a spear point. It could be that these tools started as a spear point and were later re-purposed into hafted scrappers. The rtips dp show that they were worked into the configuration rather than broken. Whatever the case they are interesting relics with thick patination and are sand polished from sitting in wind-blown deserts for many thousands of years. The unifacial Mesolithic blades ... moreare of a much later time probably about 8.000 years ago and were the main tool technology proior to the Neolithic era. The Aterian tools range from approximately 1 1/2 inches(38 mm) Up to 2 3/8th inches(62 mm) The unifacial blades range fromfrom approximately 1 9/16th inches(40 mm) Up to 2 5/8th inches(68 mm) The condition is good. There are ancient dings to a few of these, as can be expected with working tools; most are complete. See picture for details. The color in hand. Is better than the picture indicates. The natural light somehow washes out the color or maybe it's my photography skills. I need a light box! These relics are representative of everyday tools. Many of these tools were used until they could no longer function well because they were to small to re-sharpen at which point they were discarded others were lost in the hunt. Background information on the Sahara Neolithic(I am working on a paper for the earlier time periods) is provided with my 2-page essay on the subject. Which will be included. My auctions feature low starting bids and low. At cost or below shipping. Your satisfaction is guaranteed OR no hassle money back. Payment Options: PayPal. Pleas
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5 Paleolithic Aterian and 6 Mesolithic Sahara Neolithic stone tools
Lot Description: This is a group of 5 Aterian paleolithic tools and 6 Mesolithic unifacial blades found in the Sahara desert. In the region of Morocco. The Aterian tools are very old, a good 30,000 years old and quite possibly up to 50,000 years before present. They are the first tools EVER with a stem for hafting and were probably used for cutting and scrapping of hides. The tips of these points are typically worked around rather than coming to a sharpe tip necessary for a spear point. It could be that these tools started as a spear point and were later re-purposed into hafted scrappers. Whatever the case they are interesting relics with thick patination and are sand polished from sitting in wind-blown deserts for many thousands of years. The unifacial Mesolithic blades are of a much later time. About 8,000 years ago, prior to the Neolithic ... moreera. The Aterian tools range from 1 5/8th inch(40 mm) to 2 5/8th inches(60 mm) The unifacial blades range from 1 3/4th inch(45 mm) to 2 1/16th inches(65 mm) The condition is good. There are ancient dings to a few of these, as can be expected with working tools; most are complete. See picture for details. The color in hand. Is better than the picture indicates. The natural light somehow washes out the color or maybe it's my photography skills. These relics are representative of everyday tools. Many of these tools were used until they could no longer function well because they were to small to re-sharpen at which point they were discarded others were lost in the hunt. Background information on the Sahara Neolithic(I am working on a paper for the earlier time periods) is provided with my 2-page essay on the subject. Which will be included. My auctions feature low starting bids and low. At cost or below shipping. Your satisfaction is guaranteed OR no hassle money back. Payment Options: PayPal. Please let me know if you have other requirements. I am flexible. Shipping: $ 2.50 USA- First Class with Delivery Confirmation $ 8.00- All other countries(Air Mail) The US Posta
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Paleolithic. Nice collection of Aterian foliated points
Nice collection or borers, Set of 8 foliated point typical of the final Aterian period and 2 denticulated tools. beautiful invasive removals on some foliated points. Some are certainly spearhead points whereas some could be side scrapers. Archaelogists think that it could exist a link between solutrean culture and final aterian culture with foliated points via Spain area. Beautiful material: colored flint and translucent chalcedony. Age: Final Aterian 30 000- 20 000 years BP(Upper paleolithic) Origin: Algeria. Weight(package not included) about 80 grams European Union. USA& World. 100 g. 4 $ 5 $. 250 g. 6.7 $. 8.8 $. 500 g. 9.5 $. 11.2 $. 1 kg. 14.3 $. 15 $. 2 kg. 18 $. 24 $. Registered& insured. Cost. Max.Value. R&I n°1. 5.7 $. 60 $. R&I n°2. 7 $. 200 $. Guarantee: my artefacts come from my collection and were acquired ... morein auction sales. I can recognize patinated copies and I do not sell them as authentic. All my prehistoric tools are clearly identified: origin. Age and typology. If you need more informations about the origin or anything else, you can send me a message. Thank you for your confidence.
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Paleolithic. Beautiful Aterian collection - Chalcedony
Nice collection or borers, Beautiful collection of stemmed points. Simple points, and borers, all made in chalcedony. 1 interesting notched point and 2 points well retouched. Stemmed tools were certainly fixed in short handle in order to be used as knife(or as scraper) or fixed in a shaft and used as projectile points. Age: Aterian( 40000- 30000 years BP) Origin: Algeria. Weight(package not included) about 80 grams European Union. USA& World. 100 g. 4 $ 5 $. 250 g. 6.7 $. 8.8 $. 500 g. 9.5 $. 11.2 $. 1 kg. 14.3 $. 15 $. 2 kg. 18 $. 24 $. Registered& insured. Cost. Max.Value. R&I n°1. 5.7 $. 60 $. R&I n°2. 7 $. 200 $. Guarantee: my artefacts come from my collection and were acquired in auction sales. I can recognize patinated copies and I do not sell them as authentic. All my prehistoric tools are clearly identified: ... moreorigin. Age and typology. If you need more informations about the origin or anything else, you can send me a message. Thank you for your confidence.
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19065 Upper Paleolithic Aterian flint point c. 35.000 years old
Pay only £ 0.50 shipping costs for each additional item! Shippingcosts are £ 1.75 inside the United kingdom, you pay only £ 0.50 shipping for each additional item. Shippingcosts: inside the European Union: £ 1.75 Shippingcosts: inside other European countries: £ 1.75 Shippingcosts to all other countries: £ 1.75 We charge the shipping amount for the item with the highest shipping cost. Plus an additional £ 0.50 for each additional item purchased. IMPORTANT NOTE: Correct combined shipping amounts will not show automatically via eBay. If you need a combined invoice. Please let me know by e-mail before you pay the item. ID number: 19065 Upper Paleolithic Aterian flint point c. 35.000 years old Material: Flint Region of origin: areas of North Africa and the Holy Lands Date: Upper Paleolithic. C. 35.000 years ... moreold Size: See photo( is in cm) cm Condition: see photo Estimated value: £ 20/ £ 25 Provenance: from an old European. Dutch collection Please add us to your favorite stores To receive regular updates of our new listings
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19381 Upper Paleolithic Aterian flint point c. 35.000 years old
We advise combined shipping. Free shipping for each additional item! Shippingcosts are £ 7.75 inside the United kingdom Free shipping for each additional item. Shippingcosts: inside the European Union: £ 7.75 Free shipping for each additional item. Shippingcosts: inside other European countries: £ 7.75 Free shipping for each additional item. Shippingcosts to all other countries: £ 10.75 Free shipping for each additional item. We charge the shipping amount for the item with the highest shipping cost. Free shipping for each additional item purchased. IMPORTANT NOTE: Correct combined shipping amounts will not show automatically via eBay. If you need a combined invoice. Please let me know by e-mail before you pay the item. ID number: 19381 Upper Paleolithic Aterian flint point c. 35.000 years old Material: Bronze with a nice ... moregreen/ brown patina. Region of origin: areas of North Africa and the Holy Lands Date: Upper Paleolithic. C. 35.000 years old Size: 4.1 cm Condition: see photo Estimated value: £ 30/ £ 35 Provenance: from an old European. Dutch collection Please add us to your favorite stores To receive regular updates of our new listings
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3 Paleolithic Aterian and 5 Mesolithic Sahara Mesolithic stone tools
Lot Description: This is a group of 3 Aterian tools and 5 Mesolithic unifacial blades found in the Sahara desert. In the region of Morocco. The Aterian tools were used during a wet period in the Sahara 40.000 to 30,000 years ago. The Aterian culture disappeared from the Sahara about 30.0000 years ago as the area became dryer and inhospitable. During later wet periods(corresponding to the Ice Ages in northern Europe) subsequent cultures re-populated areas of the Sahara leaving behind more refined tool types during the later Mesolithic and Neolithic eras. This tools was probably used for cutting and scrapping of hides. Many of the times the tips of these points are worked around rather than coming to a sharp tip necessary for a spear point. It could be that these tools started as a spear point and were later re-purposed into hafted scrappers. ... moreThe tips do show that they were worked into the configuration. Whatever the case they are interesting relics with thick patination and are sand polished from sitting in wind-blown deserts for many thousands of years. Early tools like are very interesting. It was the tools which gave early man the ability to hunt for meat. Meat allowed our brains and intelligence to expand. Contemporary hominids who did not hunt but grazed on plant matter did not evolve and became extinct. It was tool usage which allowed us(Homo Sapien Sapien) emerge and become masters of the world. The unifacial Mesolithic blades were struck from a core at a much later time about 8.000 years ago and were the main tool technology of the Mesolithic and early Neolithic era. The longest Aterian tool is 1 11/16th inches(43 mm) The shortest Aterian tool is 1 9/16th inches(41 mm) The Mesolithic blade/tools range from 1 1/2 inches(38 mm) up to 2 7/16th inches(62 mm) The condition is good. There are ancient dings to a few of these, as can be expected with working tools; most are complete. See picture for details. The color in hand. Is better than the picture indicates. The natural light somehow washes out th
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33 nice Sahara Neolithic relics, plus one Paleolithic Aterian stemmed tool
This group of 33 Sahara Neolithic relics is composed of diverse types of relics. Which were discovered on ancient habitation sites deep in the western Sahara desert, mostly in the vicinity of northern Mauritania/Mali but also includes two'Eiffel Tower' points from Algeria. This group consist of several types of projectile points from varying periods of the Neolithic era. Including ovate, stemmed, triangular, and a couple of earlier uni-facial tool forms. In all there are 23 stone projectile points and tools including: two Mesolithic uni-facial blade, seen at bottom right and middle. Also from the Neolithic there are also 8 quartz/quartzite hard stone beads, a crescent blade, and a nice complete quartz labret(Cylindrical relic under the celt, possibly used in body piercing) Lastly. There is an early Aterian point dating to approximately ... more30,000 BC. It is seen at the upper right and was the first known stemmed tool type. It is seen at the upper right. Tip is not broken, this is an early hafted scrapper tool, which may have started out as a projectile point and been converted to a different function. The is a definite smoothness to the top edge form many years of ancient usage. The shortest point is 9/16th inch(15 mm) The longest tool is a Mesolithic blade of 2 3/16th inches(56 mm) long. This is one of the more diverse offering of ancient Sahara relics you will find in one lot. Th ese are everyday work tools and adornments used. And lost or discarded by our Neolithic and earlier hunter-gatherer ancestors. They are all honest, authentic relics in good shape, some will exhibit minor ancient damage(as seen in he photograph) Such as dings, usually to tips, tangs, and/or barbs to stemmed points. Small dings are to be expected given their delicacy, usage, and 4000+ years lying in the desert, subject to damage by adverse weather, animals, and now 4-wheel drive vehicles. These relics exhibit good patinas and are a nice, diverse sampling of relics from the Western Sahara. I will include my 2-page essay on the Sahara N
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22 nice Sahara Neolithic relics, plus 1 Paleolithic Aterian stemmed tool
This group of 22 Sahara Neolithic relics is composed of diverse types of relics and 1 Paleolithic relic from Morocco. The Neolithic relics were discovered on ancient habitation sites deep in the western Sahara desert. Mostly in the vicinity of northern Mauritania/Mali but also includes two'Eiffel Tower' points from Algeria. This group consist of several types of projectile points from varying periods of the Neolithic era. Including ovate, stemmed, triangular, crescent blade, and a couple of earlier uni-facial tool forms. In all there are 20 stone projectile points and tools including: two Mesolithic uni-facial blade, seen at the bottom row. Also from the Neolithic are: A nice celt used for cutting and scrapping(seen at upper left) A anciently damaged( rose quartz labret which is the cylindrical relic under the celt. Possibly used ... morein body piercing. Lastly. There is an early Aterian point dating to approximately 30,000 BC. It is seen at the upper right and was the first known stemmed tool type. It is seen at the upper right. Tip is nicely worked(not broken) and curved for scrapping. This is an early hafted scrapper tool, which may have started out as a projectile point and been converted to a different function. The shortest point is 11/16th inch(17 mm) The longest tool is a knife\blade form of 2 3/8th inches(61 mm) long. A really nice tool with good desert polish! This is one of the more diverse offering of ancient Sahara relics you will find in one lot. Th ese are everyday work tools and adornments used. And lost or discarded by our Neolithic and earlier hunter-gatherer ancestors. They are all honest, authentic relics in good shape, some will exhibit minor ancient damage(as seen in he photograph) Such as dings, usually to tips, tangs, and/or barbs to stemmed points. Small dings are to be expected given their delicacy, usage, and 4000+ years lying in the desert, subject to damage by adverse weather, animals, and now 4-wheel drive vehicles. These relics exhibit good patinas and are a nice, diverse sampl
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Premium Grade Middle Paleolithic Aterian Flint Tanged Point
PREMIUM GRADE MIDDLE PALEOLITHIC ATERIAN FLINT TANGED POINT My father was working for Haliburton in the Sahara Desert on the outskirts of Algeria Africa. I looked up alot of information on these artifacts and this item is in premium grade and valued around $195. It was found by my father while he was working there. And he passed his collection to me before passing away. Exposed Saharan Site- North Africa MIDDLE PALEOLITHIC PERIOD(ATERIAN) 85.000- 30,000 years ago This ATERIAN TRADITION tanged tool was found on an exposed North Saharan site dating back to the Middle Paleolithic Period. This beautifully colored and fine example was fashioned out of flint and features excellent. NO RESTORATION AND NO REPAIR. Specimen is AS FOUND. The most famous invention of Aterian Tradition technology is the development of primitive tanged projectile points ... moreand scrapers meant to be hafted. These tanged arrowheads represent a milestone in early human cognitive thinking as well as Paleolithic history. The man-made protruding process on ATERIAN tools is the first evidence of a tang on a projectile point. Proof that the points were hafted on shafts and eventually developed into arrowheads. Some scientist theorize that the bow and arrow was first invented around the time of the Aterian tradition evidenced by the discovery of small tanged points from this same region in North Africa. The Aterian Tradition is also responsible for various scrapers with obvious knapped tangs also intended for hafting the tool onto handles of bone. Ivory or wood. Primitive man. In the Aterian Period, sometimes salvaged damaged points to be reworked into tanged scrapers. In other instances. The original concept of the tool was a scraper and no evidence of being a former projectile point can be found. Tools and weapons from this technology date from periods over 45.000 years old to 30,000 years ago. In today's market. The Aterian point is the best bargain in an affordable, true arrowhead from the PALEOLITHIC Period. Later in the Neolithic Period. Arrowhe
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17 nice Sahara Neolithic relics, plus 1 Paleolithic Aterian stemmed tool
This group of 17 Sahara Neolithic relics is composed of diverse types of relics and 1 Paleolithic relic from Morocco. The Neolithic relics were discovered on ancient habitation sites deep in the western Sahara desert. Mostly in the vicinity of northern Mauritania/Mal but also includes one small black'Eiffel Tower' points from Algeria. This group consist of several types of projectile points from varying periods of the Neolithic era. Including ovate, stemmed, triangular, a rectangular style'crescent' blade, and a couple of earlier uni-facial tool forms. In all there are 15 stone projectile points and tools including: one Mesolithic uni-facial blade, seen at the bottom left. Also from the Neolithic are: A Neolthic celt used for cutting and scrapping. Seen at upper left A small undamaged jasper( labret which is the cylindrical ... morerelic. Possibly used in body piercing. Lastly. There is an early Aterian point dating to approximately 30,000 BC. It is seen at the upper left and was the first known stemmed tool type. The tip end is worked(not broken) and curved for scrapping. This is an early hafted scrapper tool, which may have started out as a projectile point and been converted to a different function. The shortest point is 15/16th inch(22 mm) The longest tool is the stemmed unifacial tool. It is 2 inches(51 mm) long. An interesting and attractive tool. This is one of the more diverse offering of ancient Sahara relics you will find in one lot. Th ese are everyday work tools and adornments used. And lost or discarded by our Neolithic and earlier hunter-gatherer ancestors. They are all honest, authentic relics in good shape, some will exhibit minor ancient damage(as seen in he photograph) Such as dings, usually to tips, tangs, and/or barbs to stemmed points. Small dings are to be expected given their delicacy, usage, and 4000+ years lying in the desert, subject to damage by adverse weather, animals, and now 4-wheel drive vehicles. These relics exhibit good patinas and are a nice, diverse sampling of relics
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32 nice Sahara Neolithic relics, plus 1 Paleolithic Aterian stemmed tool
This group of 32 Sahara Neolithic relics is composed of diverse types of relics and 1 Paleolithic relic from Morocco. The Neolithic relics were discovered on ancient habitation sites deep in the western Sahara desert. Mostly in the vicinity of northern Mauritania/Mal but also includes two small'Eiffel Tower' points from Algeria. This group consist of several types of projectile points from varying periods of the Neolithic era. Including ovate, stemmed, triangular, a rectangular style squarish-style'crescent' blade, and a couple of earlier uni-facial tool forms. In all there are 22 stone projectile points and tools including: two Mesolithic uni-facial blade, seen at the bottom middle and right. Also from the Neolithic are: A Neolthic celt used for cutting and scrapping. Seen at upper left. It is rare in this miniature form. ... moreA small damaged knobbed quartz labret which is the cylindrical relic. Possibly used in body piercing. Lastly. There is an early Aterian point dating to approximately 30,000 BC. It is seen at the upper left and was the first known stemmed tool type. The tip end is worked(not broken I believe) and curved for scrapping. This is an early hafted scrapper tool, which may have started out as a projectile point and been converted to a different function. The shortest point is 3/4th inch(20 mm) The longest tool is a blade. Likely used as a knife, it is 2 3/16th inches(55 mm) long. An interesting, colorful, and attractive tool. This is one of the more diverse offering of ancient Sahara relics you will find in one lot. Th ese are everyday work tools and adornments used. And lost or discarded by our Neolithic and earlier hunter-gatherer ancestors. They are all honest, authentic relics in good shape, some will exhibit minor ancient damage(as seen in he photograph) Such as dings, usually to tips, tangs, and/or barbs to stemmed points. Small dings are to be expected given their delicacy, usage, and 4000+ years lying in the desert, subject to damage by adverse weather, animals, and now 4-wheel
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30 nice Sahara Neolithic relics, plus 1 Paleolithic Aterian stemmed tool
This group of 30 Sahara Neolithic relics is composed of diverse types of relics and 1 Paleolithic relic from Morocco. The Neolithic relics were discovered on ancient habitation sites deep in the western Sahara desert. Mostly in the vicinity of northern Mauritania/Mal but also includes two small'Eiffel Tower' points from Algeria. This group consist of several types of projectile points from varying periods of the Neolithic era. Including ovate, stemmed, triangular, a small'crescent' blade, and a couple of earlier uni-facial tool forms. In all there are 20 stone projectile points and tools including: two Mesolithic uni-facial blade, seen at the bottom middle and right. Also from the Neolithic are: A Neolthic celt used for cutting and scrapping. Seen at upper left. A small anciently damaged quartz labret which is the cylindrical ... morerelic. Possibly used in body piercing. Lastly. There is an early Aterian point dating to approximately 30,000 BC. It is seen at the upper left and was the first known stemmed tool type. The tip end is worked around and curved for scrapping. This is an early hafted scrapper tool, which may have started out as a projectile point and been converted to a different function. The shortest point is 13/16th inch(20 mm) The longest tool is the Aterian tool. It is 2 5/8th inches(65 mm) long. An interesting, colorful, and attractive tool. This is one of the more diverse offering of ancient Sahara relics you will find in one lot. Th ese are everyday work tools and adornments used. And lost or discarded by our Neolithic and earlier hunter-gatherer ancestors. They are all honest, authentic relics in good shape, some will exhibit minor ancient damage(as seen in he photograph) Such as dings, usually to tips, tangs, and/or barbs to stemmed points. Small dings are to be expected given their delicacy, usage, and 4000+ years lying in the desert, subject to damage by adverse weather, animals, and now 4-wheel drive vehicles. These relics exhibit good patinas and are a nice, diverse sampling of rel
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29 nice Sahara Neolithic relics, plus 1 Paleolithic Aterian stemmed tool
This group of 29 Sahara Neolithic relics is composed of diverse types of relics and 1 Paleolithic relic from Morocco. The Neolithic relics were discovered on ancient habitation sites deep in the western Sahara desert. Mostly in the vicinity of northern Mauritania/Mal but also includes two small'Eiffel Tower' points from Algeria. This group consist of several types of projectile points from varying periods of the Neolithic era. Including ovate, stemmed, triangular, a small'crescent' blade, and a couple of earlier uni-facial tool forms. In all there are 20 stone projectile points and tools including: two Mesolithic uni-facial blade, seen at the bottom middle and right. Also from the Neolithic are: A Neolthic celt used for cutting and scrapping. Seen at upper left. Rarer miniature form! A small complete quartz labret which is ... morethe cylindrical relic. Possibly used in body piercing. Lastly. There is an early Aterian point dating to approximately 30,000 BC. It is seen at the upper left and was the first known stemmed tool type. The tip end is worked around and blunted for scrapping. This is an early hafted scrapper tool, which may have started out as a projectile point and been converted to a different function. The shortest point is 3/4th inch(19 mm) The longest tool is 2 1/4th inches(57 mm) long. Ovate blade probably used as a knife. This is one of the more diverse offering of ancient Sahara relics you will find in one lot. Th ese are everyday work tools and adornments used. And lost or discarded by our Neolithic and earlier hunter-gatherer ancestors. They are all honest, authentic relics in good shape, some will exhibit minor ancient damage(as seen in he photograph) Such as dings, usually to tips, tangs, and/or barbs to stemmed points. Small dings are to be expected given their delicacy, usage, and 4000+ years lying in the desert, subject to damage by adverse weather, animals, and now 4-wheel drive vehicles. These relics exhibit good patinas and are a nice, diverse sampling of relics from the Western
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2 Paleolithic Aterian points, 2 early scrappers, and 3 Mesolithic stone tools
Lot Description: This is a group of 2 Aterian points. 2 early blade/scrapper, and 3 Mesolithic uni-facial blades found in the Sahara desert, in the region of Morocco. The Aterian tools were used during a wet period in the Sahara 40.000 to 30,000 years ago. The Aterian culture disappeared from the Sahara about 30.0000 years ago as the area became dryer and inhospitable. During later wet periods(corresponding to the Ice Ages in northern Europe) subsequent cultures re-populated areas of the Sahara leaving behind more refined tool types during the later Mesolithic and Neolithic eras. The two tools in the middle are ancient. Possibly Aterian, They are small blade/scrappers not typical of that type of tool in the Sahara Neolithic period. The two stemmed tools are from the Aterain culture. These tools were probably used for cutting and scrapping ... moreof hides. Most of the time the tips of these points are worked around rather than coming to a sharp tip necessary for a spear point. It could be that these tools started as a spear point and were later re-purposed into hafted scrappers. The tips do show that they were worked into the configuration. Whatever the case. They are interesting relics with thick patina and are sand polished from sitting in wind-blown deserts for many thousands of years. Early tools like these are very interesting. It was the tools which gave early man the ability to hunt for meat. The dense proteins in meat allowed our brains and intelligence to expand. Contemporary hominids who did not hunt but grazed on plant matter did not evolve and became extinct. It was tool usage which allowed us(Homo Sapiens Sapiens) to emerge and become masters of the world. The uni-facial Mesolithic blades were struck from a core at a much later time about 8.000 years ago and were the main tool technology of the Mesolithic and early Neolithic era. The shortest Aterian tool is 1 7/8th inches(48 mm) A very nice example. The longest unifacial balde is 2 5/16th inches(59 mm) The Mesolithic blade/tools range from 1 3/4th i
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31 nice Sahara Neolithic relics, plus 1 Paleolithic Aterian stemmed tool
This group of 31 Sahara Neolithic relics is composed of diverse types of relics and 1 Paleolithic relic from Morocco. The Neolithic relics were discovered on ancient habitation sites deep in the western Sahara desert. Mostly in the vicinity of northern Mauritania/Mali but also includes two small'Eiffel Tower' points from Algeria and two older unifacial tools from Morocco. This group consist of several types of projectile points from varying periods of the Neolithic era. Including ovate, stemmed, triangular, a rectangular style squarish-style'crescent' blade, and a couple of earlier uni-facial tool forms. In all there are 21 stone projectile points and tools including: two Mesolithic uni-facial blade, seen at the bottom middle and right. Also from the Neolithic are: A Neolthic celt used for cutting and scrapping. Seen at upper ... moreleft. It is rare in this miniature form. A small. Undamaged, rose quatrz or agate labret. It is is the cylindrical relic, possibly used in body piercing. Lastly. There is an early Aterian point dating to approximately 30,000 BC. It is seen at the upper left and was the first known stemmed tool type. The tip end is worked(not broken I believe) and curved for scrapping. This is an early hafted scrapper tool, which may have started out as a projectile point and been converted to a different function. The shortest point. A triangle is 13/16th inch(21 mm) The longest tool is an ovate blade. Likely used as a knife, it is 2 1/8th inches(55 mm) long. It is of a nice lithic with great workmanship. This is one of the more diverse offering of ancient Sahara relics you will find in one lot. Th ese are everyday work tools and adornments used. And lost or discarded by our Neolithic and earlier hunter-gatherer ancestors. They are all honest, authentic relics in good shape, some will exhibit minor ancient damage(as seen in he photograph) Such as dings, usually to tips, tangs, and/or barbs to stemmed points. Small dings are to be expected given their delicacy, usage, and 4000+ years lying in
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