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Middle Stone Age

period in African prehistory
Thing Archaeological Period Q1931902

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Instance of
archaeological period
End time
-35500-00-00T00:00:00Z[3]
Start time
-278000-00-00T00:00:00Z[2]
🏷️ Also known as
en MSA en Middle Stone Age ar عصر حجري متوسط ar عصر حجري وسيط ar العصر الحجري الوسيط ar العصر الحجري الأوسط de MSA de Mittlere Steinzeit es MSA es Edad de Piedra Media he תקופת האבן התיכונה hu középső kőkorszak ja 中期石器時代 ro Paleolitic mijlociu (Africa) th ยุคหินกลาง tr Orta Taş Devri uk Середній кам'яний вік у Африці zh 石器时代中期
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OpenAlex ID
C2776258062
Arab Encyclopedia concept ID
160281
Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID
300015678
Freebase ID
/m/0fhct6
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2776258062
PACTOLS thesaurus ID
crtFouiYvPcGm
Topic's main category
Category:Middle Stone Age

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Summary

Middle Stone Age is an archaeological period[1].

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  1. 8w ago · Ghaly · 2026-09-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → archaeological period
    Start time → 278000 BC
    Topic's main category → Category:Middle Stone Age
    End time → 35500 BC
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