Neolithic Flint Collection of 45 Neolithic arrowheads (no reserve price) - 200 mm (No reserve price)

Collection of 45 artifacts
Neolithic arrowheads and tools (knapping, burin, scraper, etc.). No reserve price.

Material: flint and agate.

Period: 5200 BC to 2500 BC.
Dimensions (including frame, for shipping): 20 cm x 15 cm
Arrowhead dimensions range from 3.6 x 1.2 cm.

The Neolithic arrowheads testify to human innovation and the prowess of humans in hunting. Their design adapts to both hunting and defense. They symbolize humans’ ability to adapt and thrive in the challenging environment of the Neolithic.
The sophistication of this ancient tool-making technique sheds light on prehistoric lifestyles, survival strategies, hunting practices, and the cultural development of the first humans on the African continent.

The definition of different material cultures essentially rests on the lithic industry, notably the shape of microliths (for example: retouched or unretouched base-pointed points, isosceles and scalene triangles, circular segments, so-called Sauveterre points…). Scrapers, burins, and sometimes large tools likened to flaked axes in flint are also found. Numerous raw materials from knapping are also used. Depending on the region and period, various sandstones are transformed into elongated or beveled pebbles, prismatic points, or grooved polishing stones.

The work on hard animal materials concerns bones, teeth, and deer antler woods. In Northern Europe, they are transformed into a wide range of projectile elements. In France, aside from a few rare harpoons and bone points reported here and there, production is limited to simple beveled or notched pieces, linked to domestic activities.