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Home / Science / Social Sciences / Archaeology / Periods and Cultures / Prehistory / Mesolithic
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- Ancient Chewing Gum - An article discussing tar-like materials that were commonly chewed throughout much of northern Europe from at least the Early Mesolithic period.
www.britarch.ac.uk/ba/ba21/ba21feat.html#gum
- Chert Use in the Mesolithic of Northern England - D. Hind provides a summary of research conducted at the University of Sheffield into the Late Mesolithic and Early Neolithic periods of the Peak District, North Derbyshire. Article includes a discussion of prehistoric trade networks.
www.shef.ac.uk/%7Eassem/4/4hind.html
- Magnetic Studies of Hearths at the Rockshelter of Sibudu - Lyn Wadley discusses a palaeomagnetic study of the hearths at the Middle Stone Age rockshelter located in Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa. Article includes a brief description of the site.
www.pcweb.liv.ac.uk/andyh/sibudu
- Mesolithic Age - An overview of the period for Anatolia.
www.geocities.com/~ephesus/mesolithic.html
- Mesolithic Europe - A discussion forum for the time period.
clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/mesolithiceurope
- Mesolithic Home Construction Methods - Photo gallery describes caves and temporary shelters used during the Mesolithic. Feature map of British and Irish Stone Age hunter-gatherer sites.
museums.ncl.ac.uk/flint/archhome.html
- Mesolithic North Africa - A virtual exhibit of the Logan Museum, Beloit College that describes the Capsian Period (7,000-5,000 BCE) of Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco.
www.beloit.edu/~museum/logan/paleoexhibit/mesonafrica.htm
- Mesolithic Period - Encyclopedia.com article that discusses the period in human development from the end of the Paleolithic and to the beginning of the Neolithic.
www.encyclopedia.com/articlesnew/30836.html
- Mesolithic Society - A review of the film by the same title.
www.astarte.com.au/History_Resources/World_History/Mesolithic_Society/mesolithic_society.html
- Origins of War - An article arguing that warfare was an important factor in Mesolithic times.
www.britarch.ac.uk/ba/ba52/ba52feat.html#thorpe
- Siebenlinden - Mesolithic Sites - Describes research program conducted by the State Office for Historical Monuments of Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany. Features maps, site reports, artifact descriptions, reports on faunal and botanical remains, and overall interpretation.
www.landesdenkmalamt-bw.de/english/archaeol/siebenlinden/index.php
- The Mesolithic burial of Mezzocorona - An illustrated description of a well preserved burial at Mezzocorona, near Trento in Italy.
www.unife.it/notes/emezzoc.htm
- The Mesolithic in Europe - A brief summary of the chronology and cultural sequence in Europe.
bertrand.carcosa.net/~jmcbray/archaeology/chronological/mesolithic.html
- The West Yorkshire Mesolithic Project - Report by P. Spikins describes a salvage archaeology project (1993-1996) sponsored by English Heritage and the National Trust. Features fieldwork and interpretation of results.
www.eng-h.gov.uk/archcom/projects/summarys/html96_7/1486rec.htm
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