Epipalaeolithic

Articles relating to the Epipalaeolithic of the Near East, a period occurring between the Upper Paleolithic and Neolithic during the Stone Age. The Epipalaeolithic has been defined as the "final Upper Palaeolithic industries occurring at the end of the final glaciation which appear to merge technologically into the Mesolithic".^[1] The period is generally dated from c. 20,000 BP to 10,000 BP in the Levant,^[2] but later in Europe. If used as a synonym or equivalent for Mesolithic in Europe, it might end at about c. 5,000 BP or even later.