“Chocolate” flint core

Mesolithic Site in Russia Reveals Large-Scale Stone Tool Production

Excavations near the Peretna River in Russia’s Novgorod region have uncovered nearly 15,000 stone tools, blanks and manufacturing fragments, although archaeologists have counted only about one-eighth of the material. The concentration may indicate a substantial Mesolithic tool-making centre dating as far back as 10,000 years ago.