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Early biface from the Acheulean. Named after the site Saint-Acheul near Amiens (France). The Acheulean covers the entire old Palaeolithic. This culture is known for its more refined cutting style, focused on making solid tools that are worked on both sides. The axe is made through beating the basalt lump with a hard or soft beater. Pieces were chopped off until a good useful shape with sharp edges was obtained. This is called the core technique because the tool is the core of the lump that was used to make it. The disadvantage was that only a single tool could be fashioned from one piece. This large axe, measuring no less than 17.5 cm and weighing 850 gr. was used by Homo Erectus and was particularly suitable for the heavier work. This biface has a lovely colour, nice patina and is in perfect condition.

Acheulean (600,000 - 400,000 y) - Tabalalt, Algeria

Palaeolithic hand axe - Biface - 17.5 cm

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Material

Silver

Gender

Women

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Condition

Natural

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As new - unused

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Good condition

Composed

Excellent condition - barely used with minimal signs of wear

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Good condition - used with small signs of aging & blemishes

Period

Cretaceous (145 - 66 million years)

Cretaceous, Upper (100.5 - 66 million years)

Neogene, Miocene (23.03 - 5.33 million years)

Cretaceous, Lower (145 - 100.5 million years)

Neogene (23.03 - 2.58 million years)

Paleogene, Eocene (56 - 33.9 million years)

Devonian (419.2 - 358.9 million years)

Triassic (251.9 - 201.3 million years)

Quaternary, Pleistocene (2.58 - 0.0117 million years)

Devonian, Middle (393.3 - 382.7 million years)

Jurassic (201.3 - 145 million years)

Jurassic, Upper (163.5 - 145 million years)

Jurassic, Lower (201.3 - 174.1 million years)

Carboniferous, Pennsylvanian (323.2 - 298.9 million years)

Carboniferous (358.9 - 298.9 million years)

Ordovician (485.4 - 443.8 million years)

Triassic, Lower (251.9 - 247.2 million years)

Jurassic, Middle (174.1 - 163.5 million years)

Paleogene (66 - 23.03 million years)

Triassic, Middle (247.2 - 237 million years)

Mesozoic (251.9 - 66 million years)

Cambrian (541 - 485.4 million years)

Devonian, Lower (419.2 - 393.3 million years)

Cenozoic (66 - 0 million years)

Paleogene, Paleocene (66 - 56 million years)

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Paleolithic

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White

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Labradorite

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Lightly spotted

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Good

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55 (EU) / 15 (IT) / 7 ¼ (US)

56 (EU) / 16 (IT) / 7 ½ (US)

52 (EU) / 12 (IT) / 6 (US)

60 (EU) / 20 (IT) / 9 (US)

Large (18 - 18.5 cm)

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1900-2000

Before 1400

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Polished

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