Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A very small blade made of flaked stone and used as a tool, especially in the European Mesolithic Period.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A name proposed by Vogelsang, in 1867, to designate the “microscopic acicular components of rocks”; a “microscopic individual” (Zirkel).
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Min.) Same as
microlite , 2.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun archaeology A small stone tool.
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
micro- + -lith
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word microlith.
Examples
-
Biomolecular archaeologist Sven Isaksson at Stockholm University and his colleagues looked at a set of ten microliths — sharp stone flakes measuring about one centimetre across — found at the Umhlatuzana rock shelter in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
Oldest known poison arrows show Stone Age humans’ technological talents Nicola Jones 2026
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.