Stones That Could be Britain's Pyramids - Barry Cunliffe tells the Hay-on-Wye book festival that the Mesolithic people of these islands were more advanced than the early Mediterranean cultures. Report from The Guardian. - http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,497953,00.html
Chert Use in the Mesolithic of Northern England - D. Hind provides a summary of research conducted at the University of Sheffield into the Late Mesolithic and Early Neolithic periods of the Peak District, North Derbyshire. Article includes a discussion of prehistoric trade networks. - http://www.assemblage.group.shef.ac.uk/4/4hind.html
Mesolithic Food Quiz - A simulation that tests the user's skill at obtaining wild foods. - http://museums.ncl.ac.uk/flint/foodquiz.html
Mesolithic Period - Encyclopedia.com article that discusses the period in human development from the end of the Paleolithic and to the beginning of the Neolithic. - http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/m/mesolith.asp
Mesolithic Europe - A discussion forum for the time period. - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mesolithiceurope/
Mesolithic Home Construction Methods - Photo gallery describes caves and temporary shelters used during the Mesolithic. Feature map of British and Irish Stone Age hunter-gatherer sites. - http://museums.ncl.ac.uk/flint/archhome.html
The West Yorkshire Mesolithic Project - Report by P. Spikins describes a salvage archaeology project (1993-1996) sponsored by English Heritage and the National Trust. Features fieldwork and interpretation of results. - http://www.eng-h.gov.uk/archcom/projects/summarys/html96_7/1486rec.htm
Siebenlinden - Mesolithic Sites - Describes research program conducted by the State Office for Historical Monuments of Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany. Features maps, site reports, artifact descriptions, reports on faunal and botanical remains, and overall interpretation. - http://www.landesdenkmalamt-bw.de/english/archaeol/siebenlinden/index.php
Mesolithic North Africa - A virtual exhibit of the Logan Museum, Beloit College that describes the Capsian Period (7,000-5,000 BCE) of Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco. - http://www.beloit.edu/~museum/logan/paleoexhibit/mesonafrica.htm
Ancient Chewing Gum - An article discussing tar-like materials that were commonly chewed throughout much of northern Europe from at least the Early Mesolithic period. - http://www.britarch.ac.uk/ba/ba21/ba21feat.html#gum
Origins of War - An article arguing that warfare was an important factor in Mesolithic times. - http://www.britarch.ac.uk/ba/ba52/ba52feat.html#thorpe