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Stone tool
Microlith A microlith is a small stone tool usually made of flint or chert and typically several centimeters in length and half a centimetre wide. They
Microlith
Topics referred to by the same term
A microlith is a small stone tool from 35,000 to about 3,000 years ago. Microlith may also refer to: Microlith (catalytic reactor) Microlithography Microlithosia
Microlith_(disambiguation)
Brand of catalytic reactor
Microlith is a brand of catalytic reactor invented by engineer William C. Pfefferle. A catalyst is a substance that speeds a reaction but that itself
Microlith_(catalytic_reactor)
Crescent or moon-shaped microlith
Lunate is a crescent or moon-shaped microlith. In the specialized terminology of lithic reduction, a lunate flake is a small, crescent-shaped flake removed
Lunate_(microlith)
Topics referred to by the same term
means "crescent-shaped". It may refer to: Lunate (microlith), a crescent or moon-shaped microlith Lunate bone, a carpal bone in the human hand Lunate
Lunate
Archaeological culture in the Eastern Mediterranean
cultures. Small stone tools called microliths and retouched bladelets can be found for the first time. The microliths of this culture period differ greatly
Kebaran_culture
Japanese archaeologist
amateur stone tool collector who had been peddling nattō, discovered a microlith in Iwajuku, Gunma in 1946, which was recognized in 1949 as a Paleolithic
Tadahiro_Aizawa
Stone age peoples
Central Africa, western Central Africa, and West Africa, were displaced by microlith-using Late Stone Age Africans (e.g., non-archaic human admixed Late Stone
West_African_hunter-gatherers
manufacture of utensils. The usable fragments are basically geometric microliths. This technique has been recorded through the Old World, from at least
Microburin_technique
Epipalaeolithic archaeological culture of the southern Levant
northern Sinai and the Negev has shown that the forms of the Mushabian microliths (mainly curved and arched backed bladelets) and the intensive use of the
Mushabian_culture
Prehistoric period before metal tools
changing environment and find new food sources. The development of Mode 5 (microlith) tools began in response to these changes. They were derived from the
Stone_Age
fashioned into a variety of tools such as scrapers, knives, sickles, and microliths. Archaeologists classify stone tools into industries (also known as complexes
Stone_tool
Archaeological site in Nigeria
of Jos. The site was excavated by Bernard Fagg in 1944. He discovered microliths, fragments of ground stone axes, two bored stones, one grooved stone,
Rop_rock_shelter
Culture that existed in the Levant and Arabia between the last two Paleolithic periods
same area of the Near East, and closely related to them. Emireh point microlith Emireh point. Archaeology of Israel Zuttiyeh Cave Rose, Jeffrey I.; Marks
Emiran
Period of technological development
Microblade technology is a period of technological microlith development marked by the creation and use of small stone blades, which are produced by chipping
Microblade_technology
Earliest subdivision of the Paleolithic
characterized by bifacial handaxes and cleavers, but also includes flake tools, microliths and other chopping tools. Most were made from quartzite. The Madrasian
Lower_Paleolithic
rather than permanent villages. They made sophisticated stone tools using microliths—small, finely-produced blades that were hafted in wooden implements. These
Epipalaeolithic_Near_East
Upper Paleolithic and Mesolithic cultures
of a microlithic component (particularly the distinctive denticulated microliths), and the later phases by the presence of uniserial (phase 5) and biserial
Magdalenian
Neolithic archaeological site in Turkey
perforators, and artifacts with gloss. Heavy duty tools, burins and microliths were also present. Over 7,000 grinding stones have been found, spanning
Göbekli_Tepe
Upper Paleolithic culture of Europe
blades Dufour bladelet Bone tools, Hayonim Cave, 30000 BP. Aurignacian microliths A 2019 demographic analysis estimated a mean population of 1,500 persons
Aurignacian
Medical condition
ions from the alveolar space back into the bloodstream, and leads to microlith formation. Epithelial deletion of Npt2b in mice results in an authentic
Pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis
Pulmonary_alveolar_microlithiasis
Humans who lived 38,000 years ago in Sri Lanka
remains discovered alongside the skeletal fragments include geometric microliths dating to 28,500 BC, which together with some sites in Africa is the earliest
Balangoda_Man
Earlier part of the Neolithic period in Southwest Asia
tool Cleaver Denticulate tool Fire plough Fire-saw Hammerstone Knife Microlith Quern-stone Racloir Rope Scraper side Stone tool Tally stick Weapons Wheel
Pre-Pottery_Neolithic
Prehistoric period, first part of the Stone Age
allowed access to a wider variety and amount of food sources. For example, microliths or small stone tools or points were invented around 70,000–65,000 BP and
Paleolithic
Archaeological culture
recognised of the cave of Zarzi in Iraqi Kurdistan. Here were found plenty of microliths (up to 20% finds). Their forms are short and asymmetric trapezoids, and
Zarzian_culture
first Epipaleolithic culture is the Azilian, also known as microlaminar microlithism in the Mediterranean. This culture is the local evolution of Magdalenian
Prehistoric_Iberia
Early West African complex
calc-chlorite schist, many types and sizes of grinding stones, small quartz microlith projectile points of various shapes and styles, and stone celts. A few
Kintampo_Complex
Music produced in preliterate cultures (prehistory)
tool Cleaver Denticulate tool Fire plough Fire-saw Hammerstone Knife Microlith Quern-stone Racloir Rope Scraper side Stone tool Tally stick Weapons Wheel
Prehistoric_music
Period in Levantine history
relatively advanced tools from small flint or obsidian blades, known as microliths, that were hafted in wooden implements. There are settlements with "flimsy
Epipalaeolithic
Methanation process of carbon dioxide with hydrogen
utilization – Astronautical use of materials harvested in outer space Microlith (catalytic reactor) – Brand of catalytic reactor Timeline of hydrogen
Sabatier_reaction
Fossil site in San Diego County, California
tool Cleaver Denticulate tool Fire plough Fire-saw Hammerstone Knife Microlith Quern-stone Racloir Rope Scraper side Stone tool Tally stick Weapons Wheel
Cerutti_Mastodon_site
Japanese Paleolithic settlement
and microlith blades evolved due to rapid changes in the environment, which resulted in changes in the fauna available for hunting. Microliths, thin
Yadegawa_ruins
Japanese Paleolithic settlement
pits have been found. Excavated artifacts included 6,000 microlith blades, 9,000 microlith cores made using the Yubetsu technique, 1,000 lithic cores
Araya_Site
Mesolithic industry of the Franco-Cantabrian region
ago. Diagnostic artifacts from the culture include projectile points (microliths with rounded retouched backs), crude flat bone harpoons and pebbles with
Azilian
genus Homo. The earliest evidence of Homo erectus activity in the form of microlith artifacts was discovered at Trzebnica, in Lower Silesia. It remains the
History_of_Poland
for Natufian hunter-gatherer groups, who left a scattering of crescent microlith tools behind them. 9400 BC: Earliest supposed date for the domestication
Timeline_of_prehistory
Hindu temple in Gujarat, India
Meshvo Reservoir. This site dates to the Mauryan period, and a much older microlith site known as Dhek-Vadlo locally was found near Shamlaji. Shamlaji was
Shamlaji
Two similar Mesolithic cultures in Scandinavian prehistory
The Nøstvet people lived in open settlement. They used honed axes and microliths of various rocks, such as quartz, quartzite and flint. They lived primarily
Nøstvet_and_Lihult_cultures
Archaeological horizon of Neolithic Europe
Scrapers and knives are found in abundance. The use of flint pieces, or microliths, descended from the Mesolithic, while the ground stone is characteristic
Linear_Pottery_culture
Culture of the early Mesolithic period in Northern Europe
environments, using fishing and hunting tools made from wood, bone, and flint microliths. It appears that they had domesticated the dog. Some may have lived settled
Maglemosian_culture
National Historic Site of Tanzania
assemblage of ostrich eggshell beads and more importantly, the abundance of microlith technology. Because these type artifacts were found within the site it
Mumba_Cave
tool Cleaver Denticulate tool Fire plough Fire-saw Hammerstone Knife Microlith Quern-stone Racloir Rope Scraper side Stone tool Tally stick Weapons Wheel
Jack's Reef pentagonal projectile point
Jack's_Reef_pentagonal_projectile_point
European Upper Paleolithic culture
is present, however all sites are characterized by the predominance of microliths, such as backed blades, backed points, and bladelets with retouched end
Epigravettian
Paleolithic ivory sculpture
tool Cleaver Denticulate tool Fire plough Fire-saw Hammerstone Knife Microlith Quern-stone Racloir Rope Scraper side Stone tool Tally stick Weapons Wheel
Swimming_Reindeer
Images carved on a rock surface as a form of rock art
tool Cleaver Denticulate tool Fire plough Fire-saw Hammerstone Knife Microlith Quern-stone Racloir Rope Scraper side Stone tool Tally stick Weapons Wheel
Petroglyph
Type of megalithic tomb
tool Cleaver Denticulate tool Fire plough Fire-saw Hammerstone Knife Microlith Quern-stone Racloir Rope Scraper side Stone tool Tally stick Weapons Wheel
Passage_grave
Archaeological exploration along Western Indian coast
Artifacts were recovered by means of dredging, including pottery sherds, microliths, wattle and daub remains, and hearth materials. These artifacts were sent
Marine archaeology in the Gulf of Khambhat
Marine_archaeology_in_the_Gulf_of_Khambhat
Early pre-Inuit culture in arctic Russia, Canada and Alaska
Newfoundland and Labrador. More generally these are subsumed under a larger microlith tradition known as the Arctic Small Tool Tradition. Their ancestral origins
Early_Paleo-Eskimo
Period of human history before records
Mesolithic is characterized in most areas by small composite flint tools: microliths and microburins. Fishing tackle, stone adzes, and wooden objects such
Prehistory
Millennium between 14,000 BC and 13,001 BC
Development of the magdalénian civilisations in Western Europe. Development of microliths in Europe. France: Lascaux Cave, a veritable gallery of rock art, also
14th_millennium_BC
State in eastern India
are from Chalcolithic to the late medieval period. Several iron slags, microliths, and potsherds have been discovered from Singhbhum district that are from
Jharkhand
Stone tool manufacturing
tool Cleaver Denticulate tool Fire plough Fire-saw Hammerstone Knife Microlith Quern-stone Racloir Rope Scraper side Stone tool Tally stick Weapons Wheel
Langdale_axe_industry
Neolithic archaeological site in Turkey
stone. Tools discovered also included blades, gimlets, arrowheads, and microliths. Grave Goods, Stone Plaque and Belt Buckles, Boncuklu Tarla, Ilisu Dam
Boncuklu_Tarla
Mesolithic burial of a female shaman and infant
axe blade made of amphibolite placed by the woman's right arm, and 31 microlith blades stored in a container made from a crane humerus. Two shaped pebbles
Bad_Dürrenberg_burial
Type of archaeological site
tool Cleaver Denticulate tool Fire plough Fire-saw Hammerstone Knife Microlith Quern-stone Racloir Rope Scraper side Stone tool Tally stick Weapons Wheel
Burnt_mound
Process by which an artifact is attached to a haft
tool Cleaver Denticulate tool Fire plough Fire-saw Hammerstone Knife Microlith Quern-stone Racloir Rope Scraper side Stone tool Tally stick Weapons Wheel
Hafting
Prehistoric ivory sculpture discovered in the Hohlenstein-Stadel, a cave in Germany
tool Cleaver Denticulate tool Fire plough Fire-saw Hammerstone Knife Microlith Quern-stone Racloir Rope Scraper side Stone tool Tally stick Weapons Wheel
Lion-man
Neolithic, was characterized by the manufacture of microliths, and is therefore also known as the "Microlith Period". China was in the Mesolithic period from
Prehistory_of_China
Upper Paleolithic-Epipaleolithic stone tool industry
predominance of microliths, small cores and obsidian as raw material. The backed an scalene bladelets are the dominant type of microlith; these tools show
Trialetian_Mesolithic
Ethnic group
speak the Nagpuri language, including the Rautia, and Chero. Stone tools, Microliths have discovered from Chota Nagpur plateau region which are from Mesolithic
Nagpuria_people
Town in Tamil Nadu, India
Sawyerpuram is a town panchayat in Tuticorin district, Tamil Nadu, India. Microliths are found in large in numbers around Sawyerpuram (and additionally in
Sawyerpuram
Style of large stone and flint tools
Mesolithic (20 ka - 5 ka) Epipalaeolithic Natufian Mesolithic (20 ka - 5 ka) Microliths, Bow and Arrows, Canoes Tahunian Heavy Neolithic Shepherd Neolithic Trihedral
Heavy_Neolithic
Act of shaping stone materials
tool Cleaver Denticulate tool Fire plough Fire-saw Hammerstone Knife Microlith Quern-stone Racloir Rope Scraper side Stone tool Tally stick Weapons Wheel
Stone_carving
Ancient stone tip for an arrow or similar weapon
tool Cleaver Denticulate tool Fire plough Fire-saw Hammerstone Knife Microlith Quern-stone Racloir Rope Scraper side Stone tool Tally stick Weapons Wheel
Elko_point
Form of prehistoric art
tool Cleaver Denticulate tool Fire plough Fire-saw Hammerstone Knife Microlith Quern-stone Racloir Rope Scraper side Stone tool Tally stick Weapons Wheel
Cup_and_ring_mark
Palestinian city in the West Bank
Natufian hunter-gatherer groups, who left a scattering of crescent-shaped microlith tools behind them. Around 9600 BCE, the droughts and cold of the Younger
Jericho
Semi-autonomous region of Tanzania
meanings, in reference to the dark skin of its inhabitants. The presence of microliths suggests that Zanzibar has been home to humans for at least 20,000 years
Zanzibar
Archaeological period, last part of the Stone Age (New Stone Age)
Mesolithic (20 ka - 5 ka) Epipalaeolithic Natufian Mesolithic (20 ka - 5 ka) Microliths, Bow and Arrows, Canoes Tahunian Heavy Neolithic Shepherd Neolithic Trihedral
Neolithic
Late Upper Paleolithic nomadic hunter culture
tool Cleaver Denticulate tool Fire plough Fire-saw Hammerstone Knife Microlith Quern-stone Racloir Rope Scraper side Stone tool Tally stick Weapons Wheel
Ahrensburg_culture
Archaeological site in northern Israel
Inside el‑Wad Cave Excavation work in el‑Wad Cave's terrace El‑Wad point microlith Flint stone points, Boqer Tahtit Cave (Ein Avdat) and el‑Wad Cave, 50000 –
Nahal_Me'arot_Nature_Reserve
Cave and archaeological site in Sri Lanka
with assistant W. H. Wijepala in 1988. The findings mainly consisted of microlith stone tools, remnants of prehistoric fireplaces and organic material,
Fa_Hien_Cave
tail to a pole, terminating in a lotus bud and inserted into a stand Microlith – ancient Egyptian stone flakes Menat – an amulet worn around the neck
Glossary of ancient Egypt artifacts
Glossary_of_ancient_Egypt_artifacts
Neolithic sculpture found in Turkey
tool Cleaver Denticulate tool Fire plough Fire-saw Hammerstone Knife Microlith Quern-stone Racloir Rope Scraper side Stone tool Tally stick Weapons Wheel
Seated_Woman_of_Çatalhöyük
Place in Wales
extensive evidence of human occupation. Mesolithic or Middle Stone Age microlith flint tools have been found at Friars Point on Barry Island and near Wenvoe
Barry_Island
Archaeological site in Zambia
couple of microliths were discovered, twenty seven trapezoidal microlith with a mean of 15.9 mm (0.6 in) and fourteen triangular microliths with a mean
Kalemba_Rockshelter
Prehistoric period: Copper Age
tool Cleaver Denticulate tool Fire plough Fire-saw Hammerstone Knife Microlith Quern-stone Racloir Rope Scraper side Stone tool Tally stick Weapons Wheel
Chalcolithic
Africa, to western Central Africa, to West Africa, were displaced by microlith-using Late Stone Age Africans as they migrated from Central Africa into
History_of_Nigeria
Indigenous peoples of Sulawesi
culture is recognised by the presence of refined bone points, backed microliths, large amounts of shells (especially the freshwater gastropod Tylomelania
Toalean_culture
Archaeological culture
tool Cleaver Denticulate tool Fire plough Fire-saw Hammerstone Knife Microlith Quern-stone Racloir Rope Scraper side Stone tool Tally stick Weapons Wheel
Oldowan
Stone age tool
dedicated flake or blade-based tools used to insert microblades and other microliths into organic armatures. Multiple types of burin exist. A type of burin
Burin_(lithic_flake)
Mesolithic archaeological culture
distinguished by A. Melentiev in the 1970s and is characterised by geometric microliths with Helwan retouch. Regional variants of the culture include the Zhekolgan
Seroglazovka_culture
Inflammation of the salivary glands
individual had symptoms of sialadenitis, whereas microliths were found in normal glands and varied with age. Microliths could possibly form reservoirs, thus allowing
Sialadenitis
Archaeological culture in Africa
000 years BC and is distinguished from its predecessors by the use of microliths and small blades. In 1953, J. Desmond Clark found a notable site of Magosian
Magosian
Country in the Horn of Africa
Handoga, dated to the fourth millennium BCE, has in turn yielded obsidian microliths and plain ceramics used by early nomadic pastoralists with domesticated
Djibouti
semi-sedentary character even as many inland groups retained a more mobile, microlith-based way of life. Neolithic Europe emerged in the 7th millennium BC as
History_of_Europe
Old Stone Age musical instruments
tool Cleaver Denticulate tool Fire plough Fire-saw Hammerstone Knife Microlith Quern-stone Racloir Rope Scraper side Stone tool Tally stick Weapons Wheel
Paleolithic_flute
Waste product from manufacture of lithic tools
the burin and that they could be waste products from the manufacture of microliths, but they may have occasionally been reused for a useful purpose, which
Microburin
western and central Europe. Characteristic artefacts include geometric microliths and backed points on micro-blades. Woodworking tools are notably missing
Sauveterrian
cleavers are typical assemblages recovered of this culture. Flake tools, microliths and other chopping tools have also been found. Most of these tools were
Timeline_of_Indian_history
District in Rajasthan, India
(2011 census). The hills are some of the oldest in India, geologically. Microliths from early hominids have been found in the district. It is believed that
Ajmer_district
Place where geological material has been excavated
industry is one of the oldest in the world. Creation of stone tools (microliths industry) in the region of South Africa has been dated to about 70,000–60
Quarry
Stone projectile points manufactured by Native Americans
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Lamoka_projectile_point
Municipality in Galicia, Spain
was highlighted as well. Deposits of microlithic industry laminar and microlith geometry were also discovered. The megalithic culture is characterized
Ourol
Small stone-built coffin-like box, ossua or dolmen
tool Cleaver Denticulate tool Fire plough Fire-saw Hammerstone Knife Microlith Quern-stone Racloir Rope Scraper side Stone tool Tally stick Weapons Wheel
Cist
Place for a fire to heat the home and to cook food, usually of masonry
tool Cleaver Denticulate tool Fire plough Fire-saw Hammerstone Knife Microlith Quern-stone Racloir Rope Scraper side Stone tool Tally stick Weapons Wheel
Hearth
Tool to give more leverage when throwing a spear-like projectile
tool Cleaver Denticulate tool Fire plough Fire-saw Hammerstone Knife Microlith Quern-stone Racloir Rope Scraper side Stone tool Tally stick Weapons Wheel
Spear-thrower
Prehistoric period, second part of the Stone Age
technology – composite devices manufactured with Mode V chipped stone tools (microliths), unlike the Modes I–IV used in the Paleolithic. However, a macrolithic
Mesolithic
Supposed image of parts of a human or animal body in rock
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Petrosomatoglyph
Museum in Hazaribagh, India
a comprehensive collection of Palaeolithic to Neolithic stone tools, microliths, and bronze to Iron Age artifacts, including potteries and Buddhist antiquities
Sanskriti Museum & Art Gallery
Sanskriti_Museum_&_Art_Gallery
Disputed oldest known musical instrument
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Divje_Babe_flute
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