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The Mesolithic (Greek: μέσος, mesos 'middle' + λίθος, lithos 'stone') or Middle Stone Age is the Old World archaeological period between the Upper Paleolithic and the Neolithic. The term Epipaleolithic is often used synonymously, especially for outside northern Europe, and for the corresponding period in the Levant and Caucasus .
Etched Mesolithic grids from a rock shelter near Boissy-aux-Cailles in the Fontainebleau Forest. Broadly speaking, the Mesolithic engravings take the form of panels of straight grooves which are often organized into grids. In fewer cases, these grooves were presented as isolated lines or formed into crosses.
The names for archaeological periods vary enormously from region to region. This is a list of the main divisions by continent and region. Dating also varies considerably and those given are broad approximations across wide areas.
The crystallization of these new patterns resulted in Mesolithic 1. The people developed new types of settlements and new stone industries. The inhabitants of a small Mesolithic 1 site in the Levant left little more than their chipped stone tools behind. The industry was of small tools made of bladelets struck off single-platform cores.
Mesolithic populations may have attached symbolic or ritual significance to natural features such as lakes, springs, marshes, and the tors that remained culturally significant to people in Cornwall throughout the prehistoric period. [70] [71] [72] Mesolithic burial sites are rare throughout Britain, and none are known in Cornwall. [70]
Mesolithic and Neolithic samples of the study [24] [a] Site Period Sample Code Date Sex mtDNA Y-DNA; Theopetra Mesolithic Theo5 7,605–7,529 BCE – K1c – Theopetra Mesolithic Theo1 7,288–6,771 BCE – K1c – Revenia Early Neolithic Rev5 6,438–6,264 BCE XX X2b * Barcın Early Neolithic Bar31 6,419–6,238 BCE XY X2m G2a2b Barcın Early ...
a flake axe Östergötland. The Fosna/Hensbacka (c. 8300 BCE – 7300 BCE, or 12000 cal BP – 10500 cal BP), were two very similar Late Palaeolithic/early Mesolithic cultures in Scandinavia, and are often subsumed under the name Fosna–Hensbacka culture.
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