This is a group of 23 nice, diverse, Sahara Neolithic arrowheads and tools from the region of northern Mauritania (south-western Sahara desert).
The largest tool, a thin blade of honey colored fine flint, is 2 inches (51 mm) long.
The smallest, a triangle is 9/16thth inch long (15 mm).
This lot consists of: several types of stemmed, ovate/willow leaf, unifacial, and several types of triangular points and tools, lots of lithics types as well.
The condition is good, however a few exhibit ancient dings to bases, and especially to the delicate barbs of stemmed points, as seen in the photograph. Minor dings such as these are to be expected given their delicate construction and usage; these tools were propelled at great speed toward wild animals, and have suffered for millenia from the elements.
Neolithic populations living around lakes in what is now the Sahara desert; used these tools in the hunt for and processing of waterfowl and small game found along the shores of once abundant Sahara lakes and rivers. The end of the Ice Age resulted in global climate changes which dried the lakes and forced these Neolithic (New Stone Age) peoples into new modes of existence, either agriculture which was just beginning at the end of the Neolithic, or a nomadic animal husbandry mode of existence. The New Stone Age was a very dynamic era giving rise to agriculture, pottery, and permanent settlements, all of which were milestones in humankinds march toward 'civilized' life. The Sahara Neolithic lasted from 9,000 to 4,000 BP (years Before Present).
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