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Chinese sites that have been regarded as Mesolithic are better considered as "Early Neolithic". [34] In the archaeology of India, the Mesolithic, dated roughly between 12,000 and 8,000 BP, remains a concept in use. [35] In the archaeology of the Americas, an Archaic or Meso-Indian period, following the Lithic stage, somewhat equates to the ...
List of Mesolithic and Epipaleolithic settlements. Mesolithic Europe. Name Location Culture Period Comment Franchthi Cave: Argolis, Balkans: c. 15,000 – 9,000 BP
Differences have been found [11] between the Trialetian and the Caspian Mesolithic of the southeastern part of the Caspian Sea (represented by sites like Komishan, Hotu, Kamarband and Ali Tepe), even though the Caspian Mesolithic had previously been attributed to Trialetian by Kozłowski (1994, 1996 and 1999), Kozłowski and Aurenche 2005 and Peregrine and Ember 2002.
NB Australian archaeology is often simply classified as Pre-historic before European settlement (prior to 1788), and Historic (post-1788) but this is contentious as it implies indigenous Australians had no history, despite having a strong oral tradition. New Zealand New Zealand: Archaic period (1000 – 1350/1650 CE)
Star Carr is a Mesolithic archaeological site in North Yorkshire, England.It is around five miles (8 km) south of Scarborough. [1] It is generally regarded as the most important and informative Mesolithic site in Great Britain.
The Mesolithic period in Scotland is characterised by rich assemblages of lithic artefacts that indicate the presence of hunter-gatherer communities, most commonly identified by a narrow blade technology and its characteristic microliths. Most common raw material is flint beach pebbles, however, a variety of other types of geology, usually from ...
Another timber shows signs of having been fashioned as a type of conduit, which is not something that has ever been seen in Mesolithic archaeology before. [8] Some of the worked timbers indicate technological skills that had previously only been associated with the Neolithic era, 2000 years later than Bouldnor. [9]
The Epipalaeolithic Near East designates the Epipalaeolithic ("Final Old Stone Age", also known as Mesolithic) in the prehistory of the Near East.It is the period after the Upper Palaeolithic and before the Neolithic, between approximately 20,000 and 10,000 years Before Present (BP).