![Prehistoric African Stone Age Quartz Labrets (pr): North Africa, Sahara Desert, Late Stone Age, ca. 50,000 to 10,000 years ago. A pair of hand-made quartz crystal labrets or ear plugs hand shaped using a pecking and polishing method with stone and san](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/332781/179540136_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717794190)
Stone Age Antiques
![Prehistoric African Stone Age Quartz Labrets (pr): North Africa, Sahara Desert, Late Stone Age, ca. 50,000 to 10,000 years ago. A pair of hand-made quartz crystal labrets or ear plugs hand shaped using a pecking and polishing method with stone and san](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/332781/179540136_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1717794190)
![French Acheulean / Clactonian Knapped Chert Tools: Western Europe, France, Lower Paleolithic, Acheulean / Clactonian period, ca. 1,000,000 to 40,000 years ago. A collection of 4 prehistoric chert (flint) tools knapped by ancient humans. Some are likel](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1103/331106/178525979_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1716590434)
![COPY OF QIJIA CULTURE TRIPOD JAR: New Stone Age Period Style; Diameter: 3.6 inch; High: 5.4 inch;](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/1998/329775/177755092_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1715623595)
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![Sweden: Bones of dog found at Stone Age burial site](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Men_of_the_old_stone_age_1915_Wolf.png)
Sweden: Bones of dog found at Stone Age burial site
STOCKHOLM (AP) – Archaeologists on Thursday reported finding the remains of a dog from more than 8,400 years ago at a human burial site in southern Sweden.
![Norwegian archaeologists find ‘world’s oldest runestone’](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Museum_of_Cultural_History_Oslo_-_main_building_20140524-1.jpg)
Norwegian archaeologists find ‘world’s oldest runestone’
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) – Archaeologists in Norway said Jan. 17 that they have found a runestone which they claim is the world’s oldest, saying the inscriptions are up to 2,000 years old and date back to the earliest days of the enigmatic history of runic writing.
![Olmec jade maskette set to turn heads at Hindman, July 13](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Lot-4_An-Olmec-Jade-Maskette-1.jpg)
Olmec jade maskette set to turn heads at Hindman, July 13
CHICAGO – It’s easy to forget that everything we consider ancient today was once contemporary. Hindman Auctions’ Ethnographic & Tribal Art sale, scheduled for Wednesday, July 13, will spotlight objects from around the world that were made for trade or served utilitarian purposes. This 300-lot online auction offers objects from Pre-Columbian, African and Oceanic cultures, spanning […]
![French artists finish replica of ‘magical’ cave paintings](https://www.liveauctioneers.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/2012_0508_CaveArt_large.jpg)
French artists finish replica of ‘magical’ cave paintings
MONTIGNAC, France (AFP) – An army of artisans has laid down its paintbrushes, chisels and pigments after three years of painstaking work to create a true-to-life replica of renowned Stone Age cave paintings long hidden away in southwestern France.