A nice Neolithic hand axe measuring 136mm displaying great preservation exhibiting an attractive palate of colours within the chert stone. Perhaps once a prized possession to one of our ancestors, captivated by the colours as much as we are today.Prehistoric Neolithic (new stone age), hand axe of excellent manufacture by an ancient hand, the chert is very attractively coloured in dark creams with banding near the distal cutting edge. The stone having been knapped-flaked to form comfort in the hand. The hand axe is in an excellent state of preservation, complete, unbroken, a very beautiful stone age artefact. Some tools were used in the hand and some were set into wooden shafts and it is thought for use in feuds or skirmishes as a weapon. These adze or axes probably were a multi-purpose tool. Used to dig up plant tuba roots, be hand-drawn or shafted, the first multi-too. A typical African...

A unique Neolithic hand axe measuring 122mm of intriguing craftmanship by an ancient hand, the chert is very and most unusually coloured with pale cream overlaid to one side with a striking bright pink demi lune banding marking around a central lighter agatised inclusion. Opposing these inflexions is a niche, a concave hollow which fits perfectly one digit. View our illustrations to view the beauty of this exceptionally well-marked weapon or and stone age tool. The stone having been flaked to form comfortably in the hand and finally polished. The hand axe is in an excellent state of preservation, complete, unbroken, with a particularly good and keenly polished terminal cutting edge. A very beautiful stone age artefact.Some tools were used in the hand and some were set into wooden shafts and it is thought for use in feuds or skirmishes as a weapon. These adze or axes probably were a multi-purpose...

A very nice colourful hand axe measuring 104mm, some tools were used in the hand and some were set into wooden shafts and it is thought for use in feuds or skirmishes as a weapon. These adze or axes probably were a multi-purpose tool. Used to dig up plant tuba roots, be hand-drawn or shafted, the first multi-too. A typical African Neolithic stone age work from the region of the ténéré (Southern Sahara) desert, this hand axe was collected along the Touareg Mali and Niger ténéré old routes and encampments. In the United Kingdom, men are descended of early farmers who migrated across Europe from the Near East around 10,000 years ago. Ancient farmers left their genetic mark on modern times by breeding more successfully than indigenous hunter-gatherers as they migrated into the West. Living in the Fertile Crescent, this is the crescent-shaped geological area stretching from Egypt to the...

A Neolithic quern measuring 424mm, a shallow dish working area having a white chalk surface stained with a pink overlay of sandy type deposit, this from the desert site. The base or external body of the stone exhibiting worn smooth makers tooling marks. The quern has suffered a little in antiquity, review the images above showing the worn damage to one part of the edge of the quern. The interior grinding or mixing face slightly dished following the whole form of the stone quern. Created from a fine-grained light green stone stained with a reddish sandy material of the desert floor, the smoother shallow working surface heavily encrusted contrasting a smoother worn outer surface. The skill required to form this unique object was considerable, the object exhibits quality and confidence of a hand used to create a fine and beautiful object from the earth's materials. When one considers this would have...

A sophisticated execution of craftsmanship for this Neolithic hand pestle measuring 247mm. The pestle displays an excellent patination mirroring the historical age. Historical weathering, in use and by natural exposure over the ages creating an archaic surface. A very robust and heavy pestle in excellent condition. The stone-age artefacts are found in the northern countries of Africa, many in open sites, these open sites are area’s of scattered tools or implements lying on the surface of the desert, eroded out by the brutal Saharan winds or flash flooding, a circumstance of some decades, annual rain can fill the dry river beds for a brief few hours, the next day the ground surface as dry as ever. Many prehistoric finds are collected one by one by the indigenous Berber travellers, herders roaming their flocks over sporadic outcrops of scrub vegetation which can quickly appear following rainfall, rainfall which can be as...

Palaeolithic Acheulean hand axe measuring 295mm with accomplished form executed by the hands of our African Homo Ergaster ancestor, contemporaneous to European Homo erectus. Now set into a bespoke bronze cradle enabling removal and study of this pristine prehistoric axe which is in remarkable condition. The surface patina honed by the winds, sands and time during the artefacts resting place, laying in the Western Sahara Desert, beyond the Northern states of North Africa where Berbers travel the Ténéré to discover such artefacts within open sites, fortuitous roaming and the uninhabited desert allows for such discoveries close to the southern border of Algeria, between Mali and Niger.Axe measurements.Height: 22.5 cmWidth: 11 cmDepth: 4.5 cmIn Stand measurements.Height: 30 cmWidth: 11 cmDepth: 5 cmWeight: 1.402 kg

Neolithic hand axe measuring 213mm exhibiting the textured grip and finely honed the polished cutting edge, skill and art of the Neolithic craftsman who initially selected the stone and created the multi-purpose use tool, suitable for digging plant matter, cutting or shaping wood and even a weapon of war. Pre-history shows us, backed up by a plethora of works at excavations and research of the habitat of Neolithic man. The hand adze or once shafted adze discovered in North Africa is of a familiar and typical style, one which transcends aeons of time across several continents, out of Africa to Europe and that is today Europe and mainland Britain. The form of similar implements transported throughout the then Neolithic world. The Saharan prehistoric discovery is connected in style and manufacture to Neolithic stone tools found in Britain, it is extremely difficult to tell one from another without location find notes....

Neolithic Hand Axe measuring 143mm displaying a fine-honed polished surface, this is the art of the Neolithic craftsman who initially picked the stone and created the tool suitable for multi-purpose use. This is what history tells us, backed up by a plethora of excavations and research into the habitat of Neolithic man. This hand adze or once shafted adze was discovered in North Africa, it is of a familiar and typical style, one which transcends eons of time across several continents, out of Africa to Europe and what is today British territory. This Saharan desert prehistoric find is connected in style and manufacture to Neolithic stone tools found in Britain, it is extremely difficult to tell one from another without locational find notes. The Fossil Store discovers these ancient artefacts from North Africa and offers them for sale. Where possible we supply the location and where many of these artefacts...