Mesolithic

Prehistoric period, second part of the Stone Age

Also known as Mesolithic Age · Mesolithic Era · Mesolithic Period

Instance of: archaeological period
Subclass of: Stone Age
Part of: Stone Age

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The Mesolithic 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. The Mesolithic has different time spans in different parts of Eurasia. It refers to the final period of hunter-gatherer cultures in Europe and the Middle East, between the end of the Last Glacial Maximum and the Neolithic Revolution. In Europe it spans roughly 15,000 to 5,000 BP; in the Middle East roughly 20,000 to 10,000 BP. The term is less used of areas farther east, and not at all of those beyond Eurasia and North Africa.

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Follows: Paleolithic
Upper Paleolithic
Followed by: Neolithic
Ended: 5th millennium BCE
OpenStreetMap tag: historic:era=mesolithic
Started: 9th millennium BCE
Different from: mesoclitic
Location: Middle East

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