Epipaleolithic
Speech parts
1. Epipaleolithic - Noun
2. Epipaleolithic - Adjective
Meaning
middle part of the Stone Age beginning about 15,000 years ago
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Examples
Epipaleolithic and Protoneolithic cover the same cultures, more or less, as does the Mesolithic.
In the terminology of prehistoric archeology, the most widespread trend is to use the term "Epipaleolithic" for the industrial complexes of post-glacial hunter-gatherer groups.
Knut Stjerna offered an alternative in the Epipaleolithic, a continuation of the use of Paleolithic technology.
He took a stand on the question of the Mesolithic identifying it with the Epipaleolithic.
Strictly speaking the Epipaleolithic is the earlier part of the Mesolithic.
The Epipaleolithic and Protoneolithic of Stjerna and Obermaier Small Magdalenian carving representing a horse.