Lot Description:
This is a group of 13 nice Sahara desert found tools. This lot is composed of a variety of ovate, stemmed, triangular, and early unifacial form projectile point from the western Sahara. In addition to the projectile points there is a nice early unifacial blade, from Morocco, seen at the bottom right, it would have been used similiarly to knives today. These tools were used to hunt and process water fowl and other game in the now dried up lakes of the Sahara 4,000 years ago.
The smallest point is 1 inch (26 mm).
The largest tool is 2 7/16th inches (62 mm).
The condition is very good, there are a few ancient dings to be found on a few of these points, as can be expected with working tools, most are complete. Nice Group ! See picture for detail.
Color of relics is better than picture conveys.
These relics are representative of everyday tools, many of these tools were used until they could no longer function well because they were to small to re-sharpen at which point they were discarded others were lost in the hunt. A nice diverse sampling of Sahara tools!
Background information is provided with my 2-page essay on the subject, which will be included.
Neolithic populations living near now dried lakes and rivers in what is now the Sahara desert; used these tools in the hunt for and processing of waterfowl and small game. The end of the Ice Age resulted in global climate changes which stopped the rains and forced these Neolithic (New Stone Age) peoples into new modes of existence, either agriculture which was just beginning at the end of the Neolithic, or a nomadic animal husbandry mode of existence. The New Stone Age was a very dynamic era giving rise to agriculture, pottery, and permanent settlements, all of which were milestones in humankinds march toward ‘civilized’ life. The Sahara Neolithic lasted from 9,000 to 4,000 BP (years Before Present).
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