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===France=== [[File:Sépulture de Teviec Global.jpg|thumb|upright=1.35|Two skeletons in the [[Téviec|Tomb of Téviec]]]] In France, one unusual site stands out: the Mesolithic cemetery of [[Téviec]], an island in [[Brittany]]. Numerous flint microliths were discovered here. They are believed to date to between 6740 and 5680 years BP - quite a long occupation. The end of the settlement came at the beginning of the [[Neolithic]] period.<ref>Schulting, R.J. (1999) - "[http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/bspf_0249-7638_1999_num_96_2_10942 Nouvelles dates AMS à Téviec et Hoëdic (Quiberon, Morbihan)]", ''Bulletin de la Société Préhistorique Française'', issue 96, number 2, pp. 203–207.</ref> One of the skeletons that has been found has a geometric microlith lodged in one of its vertebra. All indications suggest that the person died because of this projectile; whether by intention or by accident is unknown. It is widely agreed that geometric microliths were mainly used in [[hunting]] and [[fishing]], but they may also have been used as [[weapon]]s.<ref>{{Cite book | author = Piel-Desruisseaux, Jean-Luc | title = Outils préhistoriques. Forme. Fabrication. Utilisation. | year = 1986 | publisher = Masson, Paris | isbn = 2-225-80847-3 | pages =147–149}}</ref>
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