Mesolithic

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Mesolithic

Mes o lith ic |ˌmezəˈliTHik, ˌmē -ˌmɛzəˈlɪθɪk | ▶adjective Archaeology of, relating to, or denoting the middle part of the Stone Age, between the Paleolithic and Neolithic. • (as noun the Mesolithic ) the Mesolithic period. Also called Middle Stone Age. In Europe, the Mesolithic falls between the end of the last glacial period ( c. 8500 bc ) and the beginnings of agriculture. Mesolithic people lived by hunting, gathering, and fishing, and the period is characterized by the use of microliths and the first domestication of an animal (the dog ). ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from meso- ‘middle ’ + Greek lithos ‘stone ’ + -ic .

Mesolithic

Meso |lith ¦ic |ˌmɛsə (ʊ )ˈlɪθɪk, ˌmɛz -, ˌmiːs -, ˌmiːz -| ▶adjective Archaeology relating to or denoting the middle part of the Stone Age, between the Palaeolithic and Neolithic. • (as noun the Mesolithic ) the Mesolithic period. Also called Middle Stone Age. In Europe, the Mesolithic falls between the end of the last glacial period ( c. 8500 bc ) and the beginnings of agriculture. Mesolithic people lived by hunting, gathering, and fishing, and the period is characterized by the use of microliths and the first domestication of an animal (the dog ). ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from meso- ‘middle ’ + Greek lithos ‘stone ’ + -ic .