Neolithic Arrow head
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Description from the seller
Collection of 27 arrowheads (Neolithic bow) 1 scraper ,2 hatchets ,9 beads
Size from 1 cm to 7 cm
Weight from 0.25 g to 34 g
Material flint , pink sandstone , quartz
Saharan Neolithic spans approximately from 6000 to 2000 BCE.
It corresponds to the period of the “Green Sahara,” when the desert was a savanna inhabited by herders and hunter-gatherers.
Several lithic cultures stand out in this region:
Ténéréan Culture (Ténéré, Niger): famous for its pedunculated bifacial points and its “Ténéré disks”
Tilemsian Culture (eastern Mali, Mauritania): characterized by Tilemsi points, bifacial points with a peduncle opened by denticulation
Late Capsian culture (Algeria, Tunisia): production of microliths and geometric points
Hoggar/Ahaggar industry (south of Algeria): quartz and flint tools associated with the first herders
Collection of 27 arrowheads (Neolithic bow) 1 scraper ,2 hatchets ,9 beads
Size from 1 cm to 7 cm
Weight from 0.25 g to 34 g
Material flint , pink sandstone , quartz
Saharan Neolithic spans approximately from 6000 to 2000 BCE.
It corresponds to the period of the “Green Sahara,” when the desert was a savanna inhabited by herders and hunter-gatherers.
Several lithic cultures stand out in this region:
Ténéréan Culture (Ténéré, Niger): famous for its pedunculated bifacial points and its “Ténéré disks”
Tilemsian Culture (eastern Mali, Mauritania): characterized by Tilemsi points, bifacial points with a peduncle opened by denticulation
Late Capsian culture (Algeria, Tunisia): production of microliths and geometric points
Hoggar/Ahaggar industry (south of Algeria): quartz and flint tools associated with the first herders
Details
Era
Before 1400
Culture
Neolithic
Country of origin
Niger
Century/timeframe
Nèolithique
Acquired from
Private collection
Condition
Good
Year acquired
1977
Country acquired from
Niger
Previous owner acquired from
Private collection
Previous owner - year acquired
1960
Previous owner - country acquired from
Niger
I verify that I have obtained this object legally and that I am allowed to sell it
Yes
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