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Stone Age

n.

1. The earliest known period of human culture, characterized by the use of stone tools. See Usage Note at Three Age system.

2. Slang An extremely backward or primitive era or state: back in the Stone Age of television broadcasting.

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Stone Age

n

(Social Science / Archaeology) a period in human culture identified by the use of stone implements and usually divided into the Palaeolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic stages

modifier Stone-Age

(Social Science / Archaeology) (sometimes not capitals) of or relating to this period stone-age man

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Stone Age

The earliest known period of human culture, marked by the use of stone tools. See MesolithicNeolithicPaleolithic See Note at Three Age system.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

Stone Age - (archeology) the earliest known period of human culture, characterized by the use of stone implements archaeology, archeology - the branch of anthropology that studies prehistoric people and their cultures Eolithic, Eolithic Age - the earliest part of the Stone Age marked by the earliest signs of human culture Palaeolithic, Paleolithic, Paleolithic Age - second part of the Stone Age beginning about 750,00 to 500,000 years BC and lasting until the end of the last ice age about 8,500 years BC Epipaleolithic, Mesolithic, Mesolithic Age - middle part of the Stone Age beginning about 15,000 years ago Neolithic, Neolithic Age, New Stone Age - latest part of the Stone Age beginning about 10,000 BC in the Middle East (but later elsewhere) prehistoric culture, prehistory - the time during the development of human culture before the appearance of the written word

Translations

Stone Age n the Stone Age → l'età della pietra