Mesolithic Microlith Set on Display Slab

A rectangular display tray with a raised border holding eight small geometric flint microliths set into its surface: triangles, crescent-shaped lunates and trapezes, each with tiny flake scars. Microliths are the characteristic tools of the Mesolithic, the period of hunter-gatherers after the last Ice Age, roughly 11,600 to 6,000 years ago in much of Europe. These tiny shaped bladelets were set into wooden or bone shafts with resin to make arrow tips, barbs and composite blades. It works as a m…

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