Mesolithic period (20000BCE-10000BCE) (jan 1, 10000 BC – jan 1, 3500 BC)
Description:
Mesolithic Period, also called Middle Stone Age, ancient cultural stage that existed between the Paleolithic Period (Old Stone Age), with itschipped stone tools, and the Neolithic Period (New Stone Age), with its polished stone tools. Most often used to describe archaeological
assemblages from the Eastern Hemisphere, the Mesolithic Period is broadly analogous to the Archaic culture of the Western Hemisphere. Mesolithic material culture is characterized by greater innovation and diversity than is found in the Paleolithic. Among the new forms of chipped stone tools were microliths, very small stone tools intended for mounting together on a shaft to produce a serrated edge. Polished stone was another innovation that occurred in some
Mesolithic assemblages.
Added to timeline:
Date:
jan 1, 10000 BC
jan 1, 3500 BC
~ 6504 years
