A Neolithic flint wedge-shaped implement from Spiennes, Belgium

A Neolithic flint wedge-shaped implement from Spiennes, Belgium

Code: 0560

£75.00

Description: A white-patinated grey flint wedge-shaped implement, possibly a pick, push-plane or adze-like tool, with some encrustation on one side, otherwise condition good. Found near Camp-à-Cayaux, Spiennes, Mons District, Belgium. An sizeable artifact from a renown flint mine site (bears an inventory no. CAC.1081).

Size: 140 mm/5.5 ins. in length

Culture: European Middle Neolithic

Date: c. 3500 B.C.