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$6.99 Shipping Condition: Very Good Location: Lummi Island, United States Homo erectus sites in East Africa include for instance Olduvai Gorge and in the Turkana Basin in Kenya. Homo erectus is generally thought to have started ... moretheir migration out of Africa around 1.9-1.8 million years ago.
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Free Shipping Location: Canada This rare example depicts a classic vinca goddess adorned with incredible detail, including a beautiful dress, topped with a stylized head with distinct ... morelarge eyes and eyelashes and no mouth,a classic example of a Vinca art.
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$6.99 Shipping Location: Lummi Island, United States On the other hand a narrower definition has been suggested that excludes either all of the African fossils, or at least the portion found at Koobi. Ergaster ... moreis then seen as the species that is linked with the lineage leading to Homo sapiens.
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$5.99 Shipping Location: Lummi Island, United States TRANSLATE Arabic Chinese French German Greek Indonesian Italian Hindi Japanese Korean Swedish Portuguese Russian Spanish Greek and Roman Jewellery(68 ... morePlates in Full Colour) by Filippo Coarelli. DESCRIPTION: Hardcover w/dustjacket(157 pages- 68 full color plates) Hamlyn/Cameo(1970) The history and jewelry wearing customs of the ancient Greeks and Romans. Sixty-Eight incredible color plates of ancient Greek and Roman Jewelry. Coffee Table Quality Reference(albeit small 8½*5½ inches) A fabulous reference! You’ll be thankful 100 times to have this book at your fingertips. The history and customs described are fascinating. The color pictures stunning. CONDITION: Hardcover w/dustjacket. Lightly browsed hardcover w/dustjacket. Pages are pristine; unblemished. Clean, crisp, unmutilated, bound very tightly, and unmarked. The book appears to have only been flipped through once or twice, and is"like new" except the top surface of closed page edges is slightly tanned and freckled(dust dinge/age spotting) however this is not only very faint, but also visible only when the pages are closed, not to individual pages, only to the mass of closed page edges) Otherwise exceptionally clean and exceptionally good condition. PLEASE SEE IMAGES BELOW FOR SAMPLE PAGES FROM INSIDE OF BOOK. This is a wonderful. High quality book originally produced in the U.K. and Italy in English for distribution world wide. The full color plates are simply magnificent, and the images are of the most fabulous gold jewelry ever produced and uncovered from ancient Greece and Rome. It is a wonderful reference for those interested in the history of jewelry, and wonderful pictures for whose who just want to admire the incredible gold jewelry of these grand empires. There are pictures of many pieces which I have never seen before, except in pricey museum catalogs. Still a wonderful reference despite being originally produced in 1966, it is divided into five sections: The Geometric and Orientalising Periods; Archaic Greece and Etruria; The Cla
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$6.49 Shipping Location: Lummi Island, United States The pectoral is gold inlaid with lapis lazuli, carnelian, and turquoise, and the eyes of the shape made of actual flowers, fruits, and leaves, which were ... morepresented to guests to wear at banquets and other festivities.
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$9.99 Shipping Condition: Used Location: Ferndale, United States Smithsonian Rock and Gem: The Definitive Guide to Rocks, Minerals, Gems, and Fossils by Ronald Louis Bonewitz. REVIEW : I just love this! It's an outstanding ... morebook! It has beautiful color photos, with well written information about the rocks, gems, fossils and minerals shown on the pages.
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$6.49 Shipping Location: Lummi Island, United States The pectoral is gold inlaid with lapis lazuli, carnelian, and turquoise, and the eyes of the shape made of actual flowers, fruits, and leaves, which were ... morepresented to guests to wear at banquets and other festivities.
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$5.99 Shipping Location: Lummi Island, United States The pectoral is gold inlaid with lapis lazuli, carnelian, and turquoise, and the eyes of the shape made of actual flowers, fruits, and leaves, which were ... morepresented to guests to wear at banquets and other festivities.
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French paleolithic flint: Incredible Acheulean Scraper (-550 000 / -300 000 BC)
FRENCH ACHEULEAN FLINT Collected in Normandy(west of France) by local finders in 1970-75(Old collection E. Doruard) Scraper Area/context: Calvados(Normandy) West of Paris Basin. Occupation area of neanderthal(550 000- 4 1 000 BC) and Omo Sapiens(approx. 40 0 00 BC) Period: Acheulean(Upper paleolithic) 550 000/ 300 000 BC) Type of artefact: Enormous Acheulean scraper. Large retouchs on the active side of the tool- Nice white patina Impressive and outstanding artefact No recent accident. Perfect condition! P atina very homogeneous and esthetic( the flint patina is a very good evidence to considerate the authenticity of prehistoric flint artefact. A very long period is necessary to get it(be careful of the recents imita tions! Size/weight: 12 X 10 cms- 458 grs S pectacular collector's item! More informations will be communicated with the ... moreartefact(documentation concerning others tools found on the same area + locali s ation) Thèmes: Neolithique/neolithic Paleolithique/Paleolithic Silex Prehistoric tools
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French paleolithic/Magdalenian: Incredible engraved reindeer bones- 12 000 BC
FRENCH PALOLITHIC FLINT Collected in Normandy(west of France) by local finders in 1970-75(Old collection E. Doruard) engraved reindeer antlers Area/context: Sologne(center of France) Occupation area of neanderthal(550 000- 4 1 000 BC) and Omo Sapiens(approx. 40 0 00 BC) Period: Magdalenian- 12 000 BC. Type of artefact: rare and poignant reindeer bones with straight traces prints. Evidences. Of human work. Magdalenian Culture. Discovered in Sologne(central France- very famous area)in a rock shelter around 1955. very porous and lightweight characteristic of authenticity. Start of mineralization. Location like this context and will be sent with the object. Exeptional testimony. Relics bone conserving itself difficult. No recent accident. Perfect condition! P atina very homogeneous and esthetic( the patina is a very good evidence to considerate ... morethe authenticity of prehistoric artefact. A very long period is necessary to get it(be careful of the recents imita tions! Size/weight: 13 X 2cms- 60 grs S pectacular collector's item! More informations will be communicated with the artefact(documentation concerning others tools found on the same area + locali s ation) Thèmes: Neolithique/neolithic Paleolithique/Paleolithic Silex Prehistoric tools
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French Lower paleolithic : Incredible and rare quartz Biface/Handaxe (-550 000)
FRENCH ACHEULEAN FLINT Collected in mountain region of Alpes Maritime(south of France) by local finders in 1970-75(Old collection E. Doruard) ARCHAIC BIFACE Area/context: Alpes Maritime(south of France) Occupation area of neanderthal(550 000- 4 1 000 BC) Period: Acheulean(Upper paleolithic) 550 000/ 300 000 BC) Type of artefact: Incredible archaic Biface made with quartz because of the absence of flint or Jasper. It is particularly difficult to make tools with quartz. In contrast to flint. Its fracture is not conchoidal(quartz is randomly broken) Thus. This type of tools reveals very rare! P atina very homogeneous and esthetic( the flint patina is a very good evidence to considerate the authenticity of prehistoric flint artefact. A very long period is necessary to get it(be careful of the recents imita tions! Size/weight: 12 X 9 cms- 410 ... moregrs S pectacular collector's item! More informations will be communicated with the artefact(documentation concerning others tools found on the same area + locali s ation) Thèmes: Neolithique/neolithic Paleolithique/Paleolithic Silex Prehistoric tools
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North Africa Lower paleolithic:Incredible Archaic Biface (-550 000/ -300 000 BC)
NORTH AFRICA ACHEULEAN FLINT Collected in Mauritania by local finders in 1970-75(Old collection E. Doruard) ARCHAIC HANDAXE Period: Acheulean(Upper paleolithic) 550 000/ 300 000 BC) Type of artefact: Enormous and impressive Archaic Acheulean Biface Famous provenance and wonderful shapening Very Interesting tool. Rare! Large retouchs on the active side of the tool- Nice patina No recent accident. Perfect condition! P atina very homogeneous and esthetic( the flint patina is a very good evidence to considerate the authenticity of prehistoric flint artefact. A very long period is necessary to get it(be careful of the recents imita tions! Size/weight: 18 X 10 cms- 906 grs S pectacular collector's item! More informations will be communicated with the artefact(documentation concerning others tools found on the same area + locali s ation) Thèmes: ... moreNeolithique/neolithic Paleolithique/Paleolithic Silex Prehistoric tools
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French paleolithic: Incredible Mousterian Biface/handaxe (-100 000 / - 41 000 )
FRENCH MOUSTERIAN FLINT Collected in Normandy-France in 19 6 0-75(Old collection E. Doruard) the tools that I propose for sale are from old excavations and collections made after the Second World War by collectors scholars. As such, they were reported and listed at the time of their discovery. Today. It is forbidden to search for prehistoric tools. So you have now a rare opportunity to acquire objects exeptionals man-made there are hundreds of thousands of years. Year after year fewer and fewer objects will be found in the circuits of auction or at very high price( the stock are not repeated! To be sure to be kept informed of my new sales, add me to your! BIFACE/ HANDAXE* Area/context: Calvados(Normandy) West of Paris Basin. Occupation area of neanderthal and Omo Erectus Period: Mousterian(middle paleolithic) 300 000- 30 000 BC. Mousterian ... moreis a name given by archaeologists to a style of predominantly flint tools(or industry) associated primarily with Homo neanderthalensis and dating to the Middle Paleolithic. The middle part of the Old Stone Age. The culture was named after the type site of Le Moustier. A rock shelter in the Dordogne region of France. Similar flintwork has been found all over unglaciated Europe and also the Near East and North Africa. Handaxes, racloirs and points constitute the industry; sometimes a Levallois technique or another prepared-core technique was employed in making the flint flakes. Wikipedia) Type of artefact: Large Biface Impressive and esthetic. Nice shapening Precious and rare tool! Continuously retouched. Bifacial work No recent accident. Perfect condition! patina very homogeneous and esthetic( the flint patina is a very good evidence to considerate the authenticity of prehistoric flint artefact. A very long period is necessary to get it(be careful of the recents imitations) Size/weight: 13 X 8 cms- 346 grs S pectacular collector's item! Please. Do not hesitate to Check out my! Paiement and shipping informations* Shipments wen
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French paleolithic: Incredible Huge Mousterian Biface (-100 000 / - 41 000 )
FRENCH MOUSTERIAN FLINT Collected in France in 19 6 0-75(Old collection E. Doruard) the tools that I propose for sale are from old excavations and collections made after the Second World War by collectors scholars. As such, they were reported and listed at the time of their discovery. Today. It is forbidden to search for prehistoric tools. So you have now a rare opportunity to acquire objects exeptionals man-made there are hundreds of thousands of years. Year after year fewer and fewer objects will be found in the circuits of auction or at very high price( the stock are not repeated! To be sure to be kept informed of my new sales, add me to your! BIFACE/ HANDAXE* Area/context: Dordogne/Grand Pressigny Occupation area of neanderthal and Omo Erectus Period: Mousterian(middle paleolithic) 300 000- 30 000 BC. Mousterian is a name given by archaeologists ... moreto a style of predominantly flint tools(or industry) associated primarily with Homo neanderthalensis and dating to the Middle Paleolithic. The middle part of the Old Stone Age. The culture was named after the type site of Le Moustier. A rock shelter in the Dordogne region of France. Similar flintwork has been found all over unglaciated Europe and also the Near East and North Africa. Handaxes, racloirs and points constitute the industry; sometimes a Levallois technique or another prepared-core technique was employed in making the flint flakes. Wikipedia) Type of artefact: Large and incredible Biface Impressive size and esthetic Precious and rare tool! Continuously retouched. Bifacial work No recent accident. Perfect condition! patina very homogeneous and esthetic( the flint patina is a very good evidence to considerate the authenticity of prehistoric flint artefact. A very long period is necessary to get it(be careful of the recents imitations) Size/weight: 18 X 12 cms- 950 grs S pectacular collector's item! Please. Do not hesitate to Check out my! Paiement and shipping informations* Shipments went all on Wednesday,
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