an Old World chronological period beginning around 10,000 years ago, situated between the Paleolithic and the Neolithic, and associated with the rise to dominance of microliths.
7000-4000BC (Britain) See TIMELINE
( Gr. 'meso'=middle + 'lithos'=stone) The period between the Palaeolithic and Neolithic periods, in the Old World spanning approx. 11,000 to 8000 BP.
The last part of the hunter-gatherer period and the middle part of the Stone Age, between the Palaeolithic (Old Stone Age) and the Neolithic (New Stone Age) when agriculture and animal husbandry were introduced. In Britain, where it lasted from approximately 10,000 to 4500 BC, it was marked by sophisticated groups of hunter-gatherers who used spears and harpoons incorporating very small sharp blades called microliths.
New Stone Age, when polished stone implements were used and when settled village sites, domestication of animals, and cultivation of crops supposedly began. Apparently started in some places in the Near East during the eighth millenium B.C.
Period between the Palaeolithic and the Neolithic; in Europe from about 12000 to 3000 B.C.
middle part of the Stone Age beginning about 15,000 years ago
of or relating to a middle period of the Stone Age (following the paleolithic)
Middle Stone Age, between Paleolithic and Neolithic, from around 7000 BC to 4500 BC
A time period covering the years from about 12,000 BC to 3,200 BC. Mesolithic literally means 'Middle Stone Age' and lies between the Palaeolithic (Old Stone Age) and the Neolithic (New Stone Age). In Europe the Mesolithic is characterised by hunter-gatherers who moved around the landscape to exploit wild resources using flint tools often dominated by microliths.
'Middle Stone Age' begins at approximately 10,000 years ago and is a transitional period between the Palaeolithic and the Neolithic. Associated with microlithic culture.
Old World time description of transition between paleolithic and neolithic.
Middle Stone Age, between Paleolithic and Neolithic, from around 7000 BCE to 4500 BCE
The Mesolithic (Greek mesos=middle and lithos=stone or the 'Middle Stone Age'This translation can be ambiguous since Middle Stone Age is an older African prehistoric period.) was a period in the development of human technology between the Paleolithic and Neolithic periods of the Stone Age.