Pre-Columbian and Acheulean Artifact Auction
Lot 425:
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5 1/3″ x 3″ Hand Axe, Found near Blombos Cave in South Africa-Blombos Cave, located on South Africa’s southern coast, is a crucial Middle Stone Age archaeological site revealing early modern human behavior through finds like the oldest known drawings (73,000 years old), perforated shell beads for body decoration, sophisticated bone tools, and ancient “paint factories” (ochre, shell containers, grinding tools), demonstrating complex thought and symbolic culture over 100,000 years ago
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