microlithic

[mahy-kruh-lith-ik]

adjective

pertaining to or characterized by the use of microliths, as a people or culture.
of the nature of or resembling a microlith, as a tool.

Origin of microlithic

First recorded in 1870–75; microlith + -ic

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Historical Examples of microlithic

Thus the Azilian bone-harpoon industry, like the Tardenoisian microlithic flint industry, was largely pursued by fisherfolk.
Men of the Old Stone Age
Henry Fairfield Osborn
The influence of the Palolithic is much stronger, especially in the case of the microlithic Tardenoisian types.
Men of the Old Stone Age
Henry Fairfield Osborn