ABSTRACT
A considerable amount of work has been carried out in the area of Mesolithic research with the object of distinguishing between different cultural groupings in Europe during various phases of the period (Kozlowski 1975, 1980, Rozoy 1978). This work has been more or less implicitly correlated with different tribal or folk groups, and therefore is of a directly ethnic character. The studies have been based on the material culture as it reveals itself in tool forms and production techniques. However, a manifest source-critical problem arises here, as the tools’ shapes and the manufacturing methods are very dependent on the accessibility, form and structure of the raw material.
