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Ancient Near East, Anatolia & The Levant, Neolithic / Chalcolithic period, ca. 7500 to 4500 BCE. This is a fine collection of 7 ancient Near Eastern hand-knapped flint (chert) projectile points exhibiting different forms that include contracting stems, straight stemmed, and side notched. The points are carefully flaked, each with pointed tips to use as darts, arrows, or spear heads. The stems and notches on the 4 largest points made them ideal for hafting to a handle or shaft. The 3 smallest flints have very concise flaking and nearly perfectly smooth faces with a prominent midrib down the center from tip to base. A fine collection of tools from the primarily hunter and gatherer cultures of the Neolithic age. Size of largest (stemmed point): 3.25" L x 1.25" W (8.3 cm x 3.2 cm)

Provenance: ex-Estate of Eldert Bontekoe, Pegasi Numismatics, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, acquired before 2000

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#158562

  • Condition: Chipping and abrasions to all as expected with use and exposure to elements. Losses to basal area of smallest points. Larger points are intact and very good. Light mineral deposits.

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