GIANT CHALCOLITHIC NUCLEUS. ...

Description

GIANT CHALCOLITHIC NUCLEUS
Mid Chalcolithic, 5,000-3,500 B.P.
Le-Grand-Pressigny, France
This remarkable object is a flintstone nucleus, from which stone blades were knapped. The ancient tool-maker would have used one large piece of stone from which to fashion several blades, and the present specimen is an example of what was left behind. Discovered in Le-Grand-Pressigny, France, they are known locally as 'Livre de Beurre' ('pound of butter') and it is believed that the local tool-makers exported their blades across much of Europe in the early Bronze Age. A fine, large example, with lovely mottled coloring, it measures 11½ inches long.

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