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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 were made by humans from at least the Upper Paleolithic, across Africa, Europe, Asia and Australia. The microliths were used in spear points and arrowheads.

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related to England · 21
Microlith → Another, Archeologists, England, English, European, In Urra Moor, Lincolnshire, Loshult, Mesolithic, North Yorkshire, Possibly, Readycon Dene, Recent, Risby Warren, Star Carr, The, There, Tværmose, West Yorkshire, White Hassocks
related to Sri Lanka · 18
Microlith → Cornell University, Early Holocene, Europe, Fa Hien Cave, Fa-Hien Lena, Human, In, Joanne, Kennedy, Kenneth, Late Pleistocene, Mesolithic, Middle Holocene, Neolithic, Radiocarbon, South Asia, Sri Lanka, Zahorsky
related to Dating · 16
Microlith → Africa, Aterian, Atlas Mountains, During, Epipaleolithic, Europe, For, In, Kebarian, Laminar, Mediterranean, Mesolithic, Natufian, Near East, This, Upper Paleolithic
related to Scandinavia · 14
Microlith → According, BC, Denmark, Early Boreal/Late Boreal, Loshult, Maglemose, Osby, Scandinavia, Sweden, These, This, Tværmose, Vinderup, Well-preserved
related to France · 12
Microlith → All, BP, Brittany, In France, It, Mesolithic, Neolithic, Numerous, One, The, They, Téviec
related to Laminar and non-geometric microliths · 12
Microlith → Epipaleolithic, Gravettian, Laminar, Magdalenian, Mediterranean, Mesolithic, Neolithic, Noailles, These, They, This, Upper Paleolithic
related to Australia · 11
Microlith → Aboriginal Australian, Australia, Backed, Bondi, British, Geographically, Historically, Holocene, Ngungara, Pleistocene, The
related to Weapons and tools · 8
Microlith → Backed, France, In, It, Magdalenian, Not, Pincevent, Signs
related to India · 5
Microlith → Early, Holocene, India, South Asia, This
related to External links · 4
Microlith → Media, Microliths, Wikimedia Commons, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2

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microliths found geometric used laminar edge backed flint epipaleolithic mesolithic neolithic one point made paleolithic also blade points upper australia

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Microlithis asmall stone tool usually made of flint or chert and typically several centimeters in length and half a centimetre wide0.90text
this harpoon.Trapezoid microlithsinstance ofand then metallic arrowheads.Microburin techniqueThe most widely accepted hypothesis is that geometric microliths were used on projectiles0.80text
arrow with a trapeze used to strengthen the tipinstance ofand then metallic arrowheads.Microburin techniqueThe most widely accepted hypothesis is that geometric microliths were used on projectiles0.80text
found in a peat bog at Tværmoseinstance ofand then metallic arrowheads.Microburin techniqueThe most widely accepted hypothesis is that geometric microliths were used on projectiles0.80text
this harpoon.Trapezoid microlithsinstance ofMicroburin techniqueThe most widely accepted hypothesis is that geometric microliths were used on projectiles0.80text
arrow with a trapeze used to strengthen the tipinstance ofMicroburin techniqueThe most widely accepted hypothesis is that geometric microliths were used on projectiles0.80text
found in a peat bog at Tværmoseinstance ofMicroburin techniqueThe most widely accepted hypothesis is that geometric microliths were used on projectiles0.80text
harpoonsinstance ofthere is unanimity amongst researchers that these items were used to increase the penetrating potential of light projectiles0.80text
assegaisinstance ofthere is unanimity amongst researchers that these items were used to increase the penetrating potential of light projectiles0.80text
javelinsinstance ofthere is unanimity amongst researchers that these items were used to increase the penetrating potential of light projectiles0.80text
arrowsinstance ofthere is unanimity amongst researchers that these items were used to increase the penetrating potential of light projectiles0.80text
Microlithrelated to AustraliaThe0.60section

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