Prehistory, Superb Neolithic Carved Flint Ax, Found In 1979 In Boury (oise)

Prehistory

Superb carved flint ax from the Neolithic period (circa -10.000 BC) The flint is light gray color and partially covered with a layer of limestone (excavation patina)
The piece bears an old label inscribed in pen mentioning its origin of discovery: Boury, "Cul Froid" 60 (departement in North of Paris) and the date of 04.11.1979
This is BOURY EN VEXIN, an archaeological site well known, in particular for its lithic finds.

https://www.persee.fr/doc/pica_0752-5656_1982_num_1_1_1340
"The neolithic enclosure of "Cul Froid", in Bury en Vexois in Oise, french departmant area in north of ¨Paris.
Several prospecting works carried out by Jean-Luc LOMBARDO and Joël GODARD, in particular in the Vexinoise part of the Oise have highlighted the importance of the site of BOURY EN VEXIN, already known and prospected for many years (fauna, cut flint and ceramics).
The owner's sense of observation enabled us to discover a ditch... We carried out a sounding and then salvage excavations... Archaeological furniture In the current state of the work, we consider it necessary to give only a summary and general description of the furniture Lithic industry
The cut flints come from gray flint probably extracted from chalk banks, the outcrops of which exist a few hundred meters from the site..."

Dimensions: 24cm length , 8cm width and 4 to 5 cm thickness
Very nice regular and symmetrical shape, no recent splinters, and very nice patina. To note some small of an old and yellowed protective varnish remainingd, & traces of limestone all on the ax