Thesaurus: neolithic
Of or pertaining to, or designating, an era characterized by late remains in stone.
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- a. Of or pertaining to, or designating, an era characterized by late remains in stone.
- adj. of or relating to the most recent period of the Stone Age (following the mesolithic)
- Of or pertaining to, or designating, an era characterized by late remains in stone. The Neolithic era includes the latter half of the "Stone age;" the human relics which belong to it are associated with the remains of animals not yet extinct. The kitchen middens of Denmark, the lake dwellings of Switzerland, and the stockaded islands, or "crannogs," of the British Isles, belong to this era. Lubbock.
- Of or pertaining to, or designating, an era characterized bylate remains in stone.The Neolithic era includes the latter half of the "Stone age;" thehuman relics which belong to it are associated with the remains ofanimals not yet extinct. The kitchen middens of Denmark, the lakedwellings of Switzerland, and the stockaded islands, or "crannogs,"of the British Isles, belong to this era. Lubbock.
- j:100 a. of or relating to the most recent period of the Stone Age (following the mesolithic)