The Mesolithic -LRB- MISC@1 : mesos `` middle '' , lithos stone -RRB- or `` Middle Stone Age `` This translation can be ambiguous since Middle Stone Age is an older MISC@2 prehistoric period .

The MISC@3 , '' or `` Middle Stone Age '' -LRB- from the MISC@1 `` mesos , '' `` middle , '' and `` lithos , '' `` stone '' -RRB- was a period in the development of human technology between the MISC@4 and MISC@5 periods of the Stone Age .
