Here, a distinction between the two subjects of anthropology and archaeology can be seen, and in modern-day India, anthropologists mostly stick to the studies of the tribal lifeways, whereas archaeologists are contained in studying the past. The influence of colonial legacy on the scholarly work of the European Mesolithic has been represented in this paper by Elliot and Warren. Elliot and Warren dive into the previously unknown deep waters of Mesolithic archaeology in the European scenario and weigh the consequences of the colonial thought process in Mesolithic archaeology globally. [Extracted from the article]