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mesolithic cultures  

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  • The Mesolithic epoch, or the “middle stone age,” nowadays is interpreted as a Holocene stage of hunter-gatherer society development. Two opposing interpretations of historical status of the Mesolithic epoch have competed in archaeological science during the past century. [Source: Encyclopedia of Anthropology; Mesolithic Cultures]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-QFN6V36L-J

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