Discover the Mesolithic—the short but crucial period after the last Ice Age that shaped human culture and technology. With megafauna gone and Homo sapiens thriving, different regions entered ...

Chronology of Mesolithic Age. 1. In North/Western Europe, the Mesolithic lasted from 10,000 to 4,000 BC.. 2. In Central Europe, it lasted from 10,000 to 5,500 BC.. 3. In East Asia, it lasted from ...

Historic England has dated the specimen to the Late Mesolithic period (4640-4605 BCE). ... Timeline 9,700 – 4,000 BC Mesolithic period, also known as the ‘Middle Stone Age’.

Archaeologists often break up this lengthy time span into three periods — the Paleolithic (3.3 million to 12,000 years ago), the Mesolithic (12,000 to 10,000 years ago), and the Neolithic ...

The Mesolithic Period (otherwise known as the Middle Stone Age) is a time period ranging from approximately 20,000 BCE to 5,000 BCE. It existed between the Paleolithic Period ...

In Britain, the Mesolithic period, which was generally characterized by people living hunter-gatherer lifestyles, lasted from 10,000-6,000 B.C., according to Taylor, although definitions vary.

An archaeological find at Lunt Meadows in Sefton, Merseyside, has unearthed evidence that Mesolithic man may have built settlements. If proven, it could change the way historians think about how ...

Previous analysis of Mesolithic skeletal remains in this region has suggested a more varied Medittaranrrean diet consisting of terrestrial, freshwater and marine food resources, not too dissimilar ...