Circa 5000-3000 B.C.
The Capsian hunter-gatherer culture (c. 8,000–3,000 BC), existed in the early Holocene period (Post-Ice Age) throughout the Maghreb (Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco).
They were a microlithic (tiny-flaked-blade) tool complex, and this is a splendid stone tool, hand-knapped to function as a hand axe.
The Acheulean stone tool tradition - named after the location in France where tools of this kind were first identified - represented a technological revolution. This blade was made to be used in a variety of tasks, such as cutting, digging, and scraping hides. It is always thrilling to hold such ancient artefacts and imagine our prehistoric ancestors using these tools!
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Ambassador Allen C. Davis Collection (1927-2025), Virginia, primarily collected in Algeria from 1970-1973.
Length is 3 3/4" x 1 3/4" wide x 1 1/4" in depth
Ambassador Allen C. Davis Collection (1927-2025), Virginia, primarily collected in Algeria from 1970-1973.
