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Definition:
Microliths are small chipped stone tools, like scrapers or burins, and the word typically, but not always, refers to tools made during the Late Paleolithic and Mesolithic period. A stone tool is arbitrarily called a "microlith" if it is under 2 inches in length and hafted.
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• Lithics
Lithic Artifacts
The study of the human use of stone for tools.
The period from about 30,000 years ago to 10,000 years ago
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