Epipaleolithic Tools
In this post I will be talking about epipaleolithic period and the tools from this particular time. Certain will call epipaleolithic as synonymous to the Mesolithic period, but it is significantly different as it happened in places where they are not directly impacted by the ice age. The idea of the "Epipalaeolithic" showed up quite a few years after the Paleolithic, Mesolithic and Neolithic. It was first proposed in 1910 by the Swedish paleontologist, Knut Stjerna. It is unclear still if Stjerna intended to replace the Mesolithic period in places other than Europe. Some significant places of Epipaleolithic sites are Levant, where the eastern mediterranean were recorded to house a lot of cultures centered around the changes of microlith and the assemblages from the excavation sites. The next significant area of where Epipaleolithic period was in Asia, specifically in Southeast Asia where the Hoabhinian culture was found. Epipaleolithic period was believed to happen aroun...