- Page Title
- Paleolithic (Acheulean) Banded Flint Handaxe | Natural History, Including The Juvenile Ceratosaurus, and the Largest Piece of Mars on Earth | Science | Sotheby's
- Brand
- sothebys.com
- Type
- Other
- First Seen
- 7/3/2025
- Last Seen
- 7/8/2025
- Domain
- sothebys.com
- URL
- https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2025/natural-history-2/paleolithic-acheulean-banded-flint-handaxe
- Description
- <p>Paleolithic (Acheulean) Banded Flint Handaxe</p><p>Produced by <em>Homo heidelbergensis</em></p><p><em>Lower Paleolithic (approx. 700,000-300,000 years ago)</em></p><p><em>Longueil-Sainte-Marie, Oise, France</em></p><p><br></p><p>5½ x 3¾ x 1⅜ inches (14 x 9.5 x 3.5 cm), 6½ inches (16.5 cm) on stand.</p><p><br></p><p>A large and extremely well preserved orange and brown banded flint handaxe (biface) knapped on both sides, showing collection marks of the original field collector, Jean-Claude Debenne.</p>
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