wonderful worked large backed knife Mousterian ca. 50 000BC

The Neandertal was named after theologian Joachim Neander, who lived nearby in Düsseldorf in the late 17th century. “Neander” is a classicized form of the common German surname Neumann. In turn, Neanderthals were named after “Neander Valley”, where the first Neanderthal remains were found. The term Neanderthal Man was coined in 1863 by Anglo-Irish geologist William King.

From the period called “Mousterian” (150 000 – 40 000 b.c.) tools made of stone, settlement sites and some parts of human skulls were found. Evidence for hunters and collectors in this period was found in Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg and other parts of Germany.

Neanderthals are thought to have used tools of the Mousterian class, which were often produced using soft hammer percussion, with hammers made of materials like bones, antlers, and wood, rather than hard hammer percussion, using stone hammers. A result of this is that their bone industry was relatively simple. However, there is good evidence that they routinely constructed a variety of stone implements. Neanderthal (Mousterian) tools most often consisted of sophisticated stone-flakes, task-specific hand axes, and spears. Many of these tools were very sharp. There is also good evidence that they used a lot of wood, objects which are unlikely to have been preserved until today.

Typ:

wonderful worked large backed knife with biface retouched working edge and partially retouched back

rest of cortex and great patina

excellent provenance

The work traces of the Neanderthals which he left in the manufacture of the tool is to see very well

Material: chert

Synonyms: Bohnerzjaspis, Bean-ore jasper

Material geologic: secundary colored, eluvial jurassic chert

This unique artefact is from an Neanderthal base camp. More information will be sent with the artefact.

Period:

Middle Paleolothicum

Culture:

Moustherian, Homo Neandertalensis

Measure ca.: 7 cm x 4,5 cm

All the artifacts are from my own old collection

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