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$5.99 Shipping Location: Lummi Island, United States REVIEW: A powerful tract on behalf of prehistoric culture, intended to show the importance and relatively advanced nature of Stone Age civilization. Here ... morehe sets about to rectify things. And he argues, too, that prehistoric beings pioneered both visual art and science.
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Free Shipping Condition: Unspecified Location: Salt Lake City, United States Hello, here is a lot of FIVE! nice and 100% authentic Ancient Neolithic stone PRISMATIC TYPE Blades, Knives, Drills or points that date a Crazy 12,000 ... moreto 6,500 years old! These artifacts were found over 50 years ago on eroded WINDBLOWN sites in Sahara Desert, North Africa, Algeria.
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Free Shipping Condition: Unspecified Location: Salt Lake City, United States Hello, here is a lot of FIVE! nice and 100% authentic Ancient Neolithic stone or lithic artifacts! They are PRISMATIC Blades, Knives, Drills or points ... morethat date from around 12,000 to 6,500 years old!
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Free Shipping Condition: Unspecified Location: Salt Lake City, United States Hello, here is a lot of FIVE! nice and 100% authentic Ancient Neolithic stone or lithic artifacts! They are PRISMATIC Blades, Knives, Drills or points ... morethat date from around 12,000 to 6,500 years old!
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Free Shipping Condition: Unspecified Location: Salt Lake City, United States Hello, here is a lot of FIVE! nice and 100% authentic Ancient Neolithic stone PRISMATIC TYPE Blades, Knives, Drills or points that date a Crazy 12,000 ... moreto 6,500 years old! These artifacts were found over 50 years ago on eroded WINDBLOWN sites in Sahara Desert, North Africa, Algeria.
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Free Shipping Condition: Unspecified Location: Salt Lake City, United States Hello, here is a lot of FIVE! nice and 100% authentic Ancient Neolithic stone or lithic artifacts! They are PRISMATIC Blades, Knives, Drills or points ... morethat date from around 12,000 to 6,500 years old!
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Free Shipping Condition: Unspecified Location: Salt Lake City, United States Hello, here is a lot of FIVE! nice and 100% authentic Ancient Neolithic stone PRISMATIC TYPE Blades, Knives, Drills or points that date a Crazy 12,000 ... moreto 6,500 years old! These artifacts were found over 50 years ago on eroded WINDBLOWN sites in Sahara Desert, North Africa, Algeria.
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Free Shipping Condition: Unspecified Location: Salt Lake City, United States Hello, here is a lot of FIVE! nice and 100% authentic Ancient Neolithic stone PRISMATIC TYPE Blades, Knives, Drills or points that date a Crazy 12,000 ... moreto 6,500 years old! These artifacts were found over 50 years ago on eroded WINDBLOWN sites in Sahara Desert, North Africa, Algeria.
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Free Shipping Condition: Unspecified Location: Salt Lake City, United States Hello, here is a lot of FIVE! nice and 100% authentic Ancient Neolithic stone or lithic artifacts! They are PRISMATIC Blades, Knives, Drills or points ... morethat date from around 12,000 to 6,500 years old!
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$12.37 Shipping Location: Whiteside, Australia The Western Sahara desert (Which up until a few thousand years ago was a lush forested area that was a quite nice place to live) was inhabited by man ... moreand his ancestors for well over a million years and stone artifacts of varying ages is commonly found.
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$12.37 Shipping Location: Whiteside, Australia The Western Sahara desert (Which up until a few thousand years ago was a lush forested area that was a quite nice place to live) was inhabited by man ... moreand his ancestors for well over a million years and stone artifacts of varying ages is commonly found.
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$12.37 Shipping Location: Whiteside, Australia The Western Sahara desert (Which up until a few thousand years ago was a lush forested area that was a quite nice place to live) was inhabited by man ... moreand his ancestors for well over a million years and stone artifacts of varying ages is commonly found.
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$12.37 Shipping Location: Whiteside, Australia The Western Sahara desert (Which up until a few thousand years ago was a lush forested area that was a quite nice place to live) was inhabited by man ... moreand his ancestors for well over a million years and stone artifacts of varying ages is commonly found.
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$12.37 Shipping Location: Whiteside, Australia The Western Sahara desert (Which up until a few thousand years ago was a lush forested area that was a quite nice place to live) was inhabited by man ... moreand his ancestors for well over a million years and stone artifacts of varying ages is commonly found.
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26 nice Sahara Neolithic relics - tools, celt, beads, PLUS 1 paleolithic tool.
This group of 26 Sahara Neolithic relics. PLUS one PALEOLITHIC Aterian tool, 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 Muaratania/Mali but also includes two triangular'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 unifacial tool forms. In all there are 19 Neolithic stone projectile points and tools including: two early unifacial tools(seen horizontally along the bottom and one crecent blade(seen below the Aterian tool on the right side) Also from the Neolithic there are also 3 nice carnelian/agate hard stone beads, drilled biconically as was the method, 2 partial pottery beads, one labret(thought ... moreto be used in body piercing/adornment) and one hard stone celt. At the upper right you will see an Aterian tool from the Sahara. This is the earlier known type of stone tool with a stem for hafting. Probably used to serve as a knife/scrapper. This tool is VERY old with weathered features and work around into a semi-circle. The point has been worked into a shape for cutting/scrapping and was probably a hafted scrapper rather than a spear point(possibly re-purposed) This type of tool was used during a wet period in the Sahara 40,000 to 30,000 years ago; this relic is 1 3/4th inches 46 mm) long. Nice smaller with nice attractive white/orange patina. The Aterian culture disapperaed from the Sahara about 30,0000 years ago. During later wet periods(corresponding to the Ice Ages in northern Europe) later cultures re-popolulated areas of the Sahara leaving different tool types in the Mesolithic and Neolithic eras. This is one of the more diverse offering of ancient Sahara relics you will find in one lot. The shortest point is 11/16th inch(18 mm) The longest tool is 2 3/16th inches(56 mm) long. The celt is 1 inch(26 mm) long. Heel to bit; it is short, good miniture form,
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35 nice Sahara Neolithic relics - tools, celt, beads, and 1 paleolithic tool.
This group of 35 Sahara Neolithic relics. PLUS one PALEOLITHIC Aterian tool, 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 Muaratania/Mali but also includes two triangular'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 unifacial tool forms. In all there are 19 Neolithic stone projectile points and tools including: two early unifacial tools(seen at bottom and above the unifacial point also at the bottom) and one crecent blade. Also from the Neolithic there are also 12 small hard stone beads, drilled biconically as was the method, 2 partial pottery beads, one labret(thought to be used in body ... morepiercing/adornment) and one hard stone celt. At the upper right you will see an Aterian tool from the Sahara. This is the earlier known type of stone tool with a stem for hafting. Probably used to serve as a knife/scrapper. This tool is VERY old with weathered features and work around into a semi-circle. The point has been worked into a shape for cutting/scrapping and was probably a hafted scrapper rather than a spear point(possibly re-purposed) This type of tool was used during a wet period in the Sahara 40,000 to 30,000 years ago; this relic is 2 inches(53 mm) long.The Aterian culture disapperaed from the Sahara about 30.0000 years ago. During later wet periods(corresponding to the Ice Ages in northern Europe) later cultures re-popolulated areas of the Sahara leaving different tool types in the Mesolithic and Neolithic eras. This is one of the more diverse offering of ancient Sahara relics you will find in one lot. The shortest point is 13/16th inch(20 mm) The longest tool is 2 1/16thh inches(53 mm) long. The celt is 1 inch(26 mm) long. Heel to bit. Th ese are everyday work tools and adornments used. And lost or discarded by our Neolithic and earlier hunter-gatherer ances
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27 nice Sahara Neolithic relics - tools, celt, beads, and 1 paleolithic tool.
This group of 27 Sahara Neolithic relics. PLUS one PALEOLITHIC Aterian tool, 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 Muaratania/Mali but also includes two triangular'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 unifacial tool forms. In all there are 18 Neolithic stone projectile points and tools including: two early unifacial tools(seen at bottom right corner) and one crecent blade. Also from the Neolithic there are also 5 hard stone beads, drilled biconically as was the method, 2 partial pottery beads, one labret(thought to be used in body piercing/adornment) and one hard stone celt. ... moreAt the upper right you will see an Aterian tool from the Sahara. This is the earlier known type of stone tool with a stem for hafting. Probably used to serve as a knife/scrapper. This tool is VERY old with weathered features and work around into a semi-circle. The point has been worked into a shape for cutting/scrapping and was probably a hafted scrapper rather than a spear point(possibly re-purposed) This type of tool was used during a wet period in the Sahara 40,000 to 30,000 years ago; this relic is 1 1/2th inches(38 mm) long.The Aterian culture disapperaed from the Sahara about 30.0000 years ago. During later wet periods(corresponding to the Ice Ages in northern Europe) later cultures re-popolulated areas of the Sahara leaving different tool types in the Mesolithic and Neolithic eras. This is one of the more diverse offering of ancient Sahara relics you will find in one lot. The shortest point is 13/16th inch(20 mm) The longest tool is 2 9/16th inches(66 mm) long. The celt is 1 inch(26 mm) long. Heel to bit. 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 r
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36 nice Sahara Neolithic relics - tools, beads, and 1 paleolithic tool.
This group of 36 Sahara Neolithic relics. PLUS one PALEOLITHIC Aterian tool, 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 triangular'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 uni-facial tool forms. In all there are 24 Neolithic stone projectile points and tools including: three early uni-facial tools(seen at bottom row above beads) Also from the Neolithic there are also 10 hard stone beads, a cylindrical labret used in body piercing as a lip or ear ornament, and a nice celt(a tool for scrapping/cutting) seen at the upper left. At the upper right you ... morewill see an Aterian tool from the Sahara. This is the earlier known type of stone tool with a stem for hafting. Probably used to serve as a knife/scrapper. This tool is VERY used; worked down to a small size) ancient with weathered features and work around until it could no longer be used. The point has been worked into a shape for cutting/scrapping and was probably a hafted scrapper rather than a spear point(possibly re-purposed) This type of tool was used during a wet period in the Sahara 40,000 to 30,000 years ago; this relic is 1 15/16th inches(48 mm) long.The Aterian culture disappeared from the Sahara about 30.0000 years ago. During later wet periods, corresponding to the Ice Ages in northern Europe, newer cultures re-populated areas of the Sahara leaving different tool types in the Mesolithic and Neolithic eras. This is one of the more diverse offering of ancient Sahara relics you will find in one lot. The shortest point is 7/8th inch(43 mm) The longest tool is 13/16th inches(20 mm) long. 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 goo
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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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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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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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