Micro-Mousterian

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The Micro-Mousterian or Micromousterian is a name given by Alfred Rust and Henri Fleisch to a Palaeolithic industry of small stone tools. [1] [2] [3]

It was found at level five of Ksar Akil in Lebanon. [4] It has also been found in Montenegro, Italy, France, Africa and Syria and is similar to another tiny sized Mousterian industry called the Pontinian. [5]

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