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The Middle Paleolithic (or Middle Palaeolithic) is the second subdivision of the Paleolithic or Old Stone Age as it is understood in Europe, Africa and Asia. The term Middle Stone Age is used as an equivalent or a synonym for the Middle Paleolithic in African archeology. [1]
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The Paleolithic or Palaeolithic ( / ˌpeɪlioʊˈlɪθɪk, ˌpæli -/...
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Contents. hide. (Top) Europe. Southern Africa. Claimed Lower...
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3 days ago · The Middle Paleolithic, which was characterized by flake tools and the widespread use of fire, lasted from about 250,000 to 30,000 years ago. The Upper Paleolithic, which saw the emergence of more sophisticated tools, lasted from about 50,000–40,000 years ago until about 10,000 years ago.
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Sep 29, 2017 · The Middle Palaeolithic (c. 250,000- c. 30,000 years ago) of Europe, the Near East, and North Africa is identified when the previously hugely popular bifaces give up their spot in the limelight for retouched flakes that are struck from carefully prepared cores (known as the Levallois technique) to create tools such as side scrapers, points, and ...
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Jan 1, 2021 · The Middle Paleolithic is equivalent to the Middle Stone Age in sub-Saharan Africa. The Middle Paleolithic comprises the Mousterian, a portion of the Levalloisian, and the Tayacian, all of which are complexes based on the production of flakes, although the hand-ax tradition survived in many instances.
INTRODUCTION. The ‘Middle Palaeolithic’, to use the term current in North Africa and the Sahara, or the ‘Middle Stone Age’, as it is known to archaeologists working south of the desert, is that part of the prehistoric cultural record that follows the Lower Palaeolithic or Earlier Stone Age, and precedes the Upper Palaeolithic or Later Stone Age.
