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A small, shaped stone tool with a sharpened edge, typically used with a haft and characteristic of Mesolithic cultures.  2, record 1, English, - microlith

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Thin blades were further reduced to smaller pieces, often having a geometric form such as triangular, square, or trapezoidal, called microliths. These small bits of sharp flint were cemented (using resin) into a groove in a piece of wood to form a tool with a cutting edge longer than it was feasible to produce in a single piece of brittle flint ...  3, record 1, English, - microlith

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

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Outil en pierre de très petite dimension dont la longueur peut être inférieure à un centimètre. Le mot microlithe est souvent réservé aux outils de forme géométrique telle que triangle, rectangle, trapèze [ou] segment de cercle [...]  2, record 1, French, - microlithe

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Record 2,  Textual support,  English

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... that part of the Hologene epoch ... which lies between the Palaeolithic of the Pleistocene epoch and the Neolithic and links the two together.  4, record 2, English, - Mesolithic

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Mesolithic. The technical name for the Middle Stone Age... characterized by the beginning of food production and the making of microliths. This age represents a transition and is not readily dated.  3, record 2, English, - Mesolithic

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The way of life was still based on hunting animals and gathering plant foods. Mesolithic stone tool assemblages often contain small flint tools called microliths. These were probably put together in groups forming composite tools. For example, a series of backed bladelets could be lined up in a wooden handle to form a knife or, other types of microliths could be used to form the tips and barbs of spear or arrow tips.  5, record 2, English, - Mesolithic

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Epipaleolithic : Different sources give this term as synonymous with Mesolithic, others seem to differentiate two concepts as in French.  6, record 2, English, - Mesolithic

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Capitalization. Terms that refer to events and periods are often capitalized when they refer to specific events or periods and lower-cased when used in a general sense: the Ice Age; the most recent ice age ...  7, record 2, English, - Mesolithic

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La période moyenne de l'âge de pierre, entre le paléolithique et le néolithique (~ 12000 à 6000).  2, record 2, French, - M%C3%A9solithique

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Le terme de Mésolithique doit être réservé aux groupes qui abandonnent peu à peu une économie de chasse et de cueillette et qui s'orientent vers une économie de producteurs. Il est difficile de cerner les limites chronologiques du Mésolithique. Les sociétés mésolithiques réalisent un développement technoéconomique progressif qui doit marquer une transition entre les modes de subsistance paléolithique et néolithique. La phase mésolithique n'a donc pas fini d'être révisée, précisée, voire remise en question.  3, record 2, French, - M%C3%A9solithique

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Majuscule ou minuscule. En français, l'usage semble être flottant. Dans les dictionnaires généraux (Robert électronique et Larousse encyclopédique), le nom «mésolithique» s'écrit en minuscule. Dans les ouvrages et textes spécialisés, les spécialistes utilisent généralement la majuscule initiale «Mésolithique».  4, record 2, French, - M%C3%A9solithique

Record 2,  Textual support,  Spanish

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Período entre el Paleolítico y el Neolítico.  1, record 2, Spanish, - Mesol%C3%ADtico

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Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of human cultures existing at the end of Paleolithic and the beginning of the Mesolithic periods of the Stone Age.  4, record 3, English, - Epipaleolithic

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Epi-Palaeolithic cultures. Cultures which are technologically in the Palaeolithic tradition, but which represent a survival into the early Postglacial Period.  2, record 3, English, - Epipaleolithic

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Capitalization. This term is usually capitalized when it refers to a specific cultural period however, when used in a general sense, the adjective should begin with a small letter (epipaleolithic, epi-palaeolithic).  5, record 3, English, - Epipaleolithic

Record 3,  Textual support,  French

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[Se dit de la] période de transition entre le paléolithique supérieur et le début du mésolithique (vers - 9000).  2, record 3, French, - %C3%A9pipal%C3%A9olithique

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Après la glaciation de Wurm s'installe notre climat tempéré. Certaines ethnies commencent à produire leur nourriture et entrent dans l'époque dite «mésolithique» (Proche-Orient) tandis que d'autres prolongent les traditions paléolithiques et sont alors qualifiées d'«épipaléolithiques» (Europe). L'Épipaléolithique. Sur la plus grande partie du globe, les prédateurs vont en effet continuer les traditions paléolithiques en apportant simplement quelques améliorations à l'outillage, en particulier en développant le microlithisme.  3, record 3, French, - %C3%A9pipal%C3%A9olithique

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Record 4,  Textual support,  English

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Of or relating to a Mesolithic culture of Upper Egypt characterized by microlithic flint tools and composite weapons using microliths.  1, record 4, English, - sebilian

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Se dit d'une industrie présentant les faciès allant du levalloiso-moustiérien au tardenoisien et s'étendant du paléolithique supérieur au mésolithique.  1, record 4, French, - s%C3%A9bilien

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The Neolithic was characterized by the making of polished stone tools and weapons, the introduction of farming and livestock raising, and the establishment of villages.  4, record 5, English, - Neolithic

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Neolithic : The technical name for the New Stone Age in the Old World following the Mesolithic.  4, record 5, English, - Neolithic

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Dernière période de l'âge de la pierre, suivant le Mésolithique et l'Aenéolithique [...] caractérisée par l'usage des instruments polis : pierres, os, ivoire, etc., ainsi que la culture, l'élevage des animaux et la sédentarisation.  2, record 5, French, - N%C3%A9olithique

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On a souvent défini le Néolithique comme la période de la préhistoire comprise entre le Mésolithique et l'âge des métaux, soit approximativement entre le Ve et la moitié du IIIe millénaire av. J.-C. Cette définition se révèle aujourd'hui trop simpliste. [...] La définition donnée par Michel Brézillon semble prudente et plus conforme aux exigences de l'heure. Pour cet auteur, le Néolithique est «la phase du développement technique des sociétés humaines correspondant à leur accession à une économie productive».  4, record 5, French, - N%C3%A9olithique

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Período arqueológico de 5.000 años de duración, definido por el uso de piedra tallada y piedra pulimentada y por el comienzo de la agricultura y de la explotación ganadera.  1, record 5, Spanish, - neol%C3%ADtico

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The prehistoric age embracing the Paleolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic.  2, record 6, English, - Stone%20Age

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... a cultural level that was originally the first division of the three-age system, and was subsequently divided into the Palaeolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic.  3, record 6, English, - Stone%20Age

Record 6,  Textual support,  French

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Période de la préhistoire précédant l'âge du cuivre et l'âge du bronze, caractérisée par la fabrication et l'utilisation d'outils de pierre.  2, record 6, French, - %C3%A2ge%20de%20la%20pierre

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Le schéma classique montre la succession des âges de la pierre (Paléolithique, Mésolithique, Néolithique), du cuivre (Chalcolithique) et du bronze, avant l'âge du fer.  3, record 6, French, - %C3%A2ge%20de%20la%20pierre

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On distingue l'âge de la pierre taillée et l'âge de la pierre polie.  2, record 6, French, - %C3%A2ge%20de%20la%20pierre

Record 6,  Textual support,  Spanish

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Período prehistórico anterior a la Edad del Cobre, caracterizado por el uso de instrumentos y utensilios de piedra.  1, record 6, Spanish, - Edad%20de%20Piedra

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Of or belonging to an early Mesolithic culture found primarily in France and characterized by stone and bone implements of degenerate Magdalenian type and especially by pebbles pointed with lines, dots and geometric figures.  1, record 7, English, - Azilian

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Caractérisé par les microlithes (os, bois de cerf, harpons et galets de quartzite peints), Europe centrale, Nord de la Grande-Bretagne, Sud de la France, etc.  1, record 7, French, - azilien

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Record 8,  Textual support,  English

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Mesolithic culture of North Europe with microliths, chipped axes and adzes, bone or antler spear-heads, fishing gear, wooden bows, paddles and dugout canoes, about 8, 000-5, 000 B. C.  1, record 8, English, - Magdalenian%20culture

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Mesolithic sites of rock-shelters and shell middens named after Oban in Argyll  1, record 9, English, - Obanian%20culture

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the part of Neolithic following Mesolithic Age  1, record 10, English, - primary%20Neolithic

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a Late Mesolithic culture observed in Wadi an-Natuf, Palestine  1, record 11, English, - Natufian%20culture

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a Mesolithic culture in NE Ireland characterized by a leaf-shaped point made on a flake.  1, record 12, English, - Larnian

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a cultural facies located near the Derbyshire village of Creswell, England, whose caves yielded flint tools of Mousterian, Mesolithic type  1, record 13, English, - Cresswellian

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Of or belonging to a Mesolithic culture of northern Europe characterized by bone and stone implements.  1, record 14, English, - maglemosian

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Se dit d'une civilisation du mésolithique dans le nord de l'Europe.  1, record 14, French, - maglemosien

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