4600Y.O: GORGEOUS RARE DANISH NEOLITHIC FLINT SILEX AX Start Price USD 299.00 Current Price USD 299.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Sunday, August 31, 2008 End Time Sunday, September 07, 2008 Location Heidelberg See more about '4600Y.O: GORGEOUS RARE DANISH NEOLITHIC FLINT SILEX AX' Description NORTHERN EUROPEAN STONE AGE ARTIFACTS BY PALATINA AUTHENTICITY GUARANTEED Description A REAL BEAUTY!!! This gorgeous and very rare Danish Neolithic flint ( silex )artifact is called "Thick Butted B-type ax ( axe ) with V-formed longitudinal section", belonging to the later part of the Single Grave Culture, 2800-2400 bc and the earliest part of the Dagger Culture 2400-1800 bc. A picture of a changing lifestyle emerges with the finds from the Single Grave Culture. The ritualistic existence of earlier communities seems to have disappeared. Our knowledge of this period is almost exclusively based on discoveries from grave mounds, where single graves indicate equal respect for both men and women. From this time onwards, carts were used for transport and large areas were cultivated. Settlements were also found near the coasts where people lived mainly by fishing, hunting and sealing. Thick-butted flint axes with a rectangular ross-section and a narrow, sometimes square butt-end. The sides are usually very carefully polished, whereas the edges and butt-end are often finely flat-flaked but unpolished. These axes are, on the whole, considerably smaller than the earlier thick-butted axes, sometimes being very small indeed. This wonderful ax is 112 mms long. Terrific marble-like flint. Intensive polishing at the breadth-sides, also the butt end is polished!!! Superb: Still extrem sharp edge!!! The lacquer-like gloss from shafting at the sides and the butt-end!!! Provenance is an old collection. More details will follow the ax. I guarantee absolutely for the authenticity of this artifact from the Younger Stone Age. Any questions? palatina@online.de Please view also my other auctions with relics from the European Prehistory. Shipping costs include registered international delievery. The shipping prices are lower within Germany and Europe! Combined shipping of multiple purchases is possible! Powered by eBay Turbo ListerThe free listing tool. List your items fast and easy and manage your active items. Place a Bid!