Neolithic Flint Collection of 43 arrowheads (no reserve price) - 200 mm (No reserve price)

Collection of 43 artifacts
Neolithic arrowheads and Neolithic tools (drill, burin, scraper, etc.).
No reserve price

Material: flint and agate.

Period: 5200–2500 BC

Dimensions including the frame, as shipped: 20 cm x 15 cm
Arrowhead dimensions: between 3.6 x 1.2
cm

Neolithic arrowheads bear witness to human innovation and hunting prowess. Their design was suited to both hunting and defense. They symbolize humanity’s ability to adapt and thrive in the challenging Neolithic environment.
The sophistication of this ancient toolmaking technique sheds light on prehistoric ways of life, survival strategies, hunting practices, and the cultural development of early humans on the African continent.

The definition of the different material cultures is based primarily on the lithic industry, and in particular on the shape of microliths (for example: points with retouched or unretouched bases, isosceles and scalene triangles, segments of circles, so-called Sauveterre points, etc.). Scrapers, burins, and sometimes large tools resembling flint axes are also found. Many unworked products of knapping were also used. Depending on the region and period, different types of sandstone were fashioned into elongated or beveled pebbles, prismatic picks, or grooved polishers.

The working of hard animal materials involved bones, teeth, and antlers. In northern Europe, these were made into a wide range of projectile components. In France, however, apart from a few rare harpoons and bone points reported here and there, production was limited to simple beveled or pointed pieces associated with domestic activities.