Mesolithic Definition

mĕzə-lĭthĭk, mĕs-
adjective
Designating or of an Old World cultural period (c. 10,000-c. 8000 b.c.) between the Paleolithic and the Neolithic, characterized by the earliest exploitation of local and relatively permanent food resources and the use of microliths.
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noun
The Mesolithic Period.
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  • the Mesolithic

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  • Europe at this time was populated by Mesolithic hunter-gatherers.

  • The first assemblage was a lithic scatter, of Mesolithic date, from Cornhill Farm, Colter.

  • Some late Mesolithic geometric microliths have also boon found.

  • Introduction The evidence for humans in the Northern Isles of Scotland during the Mesolithic has thus far been confined to a few tantalizing clues.

  • Mesolithic hunter-gatherers may have traveled to the Dales from coastal camps.

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