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Neolithic
Neolithic
See also: neolithic
English
Adjective
Neolithic (not comparable)
- Of or relating to the New Stone Age.
- 2001, Duncan J. Melville, Tokens: the origin of mathematics
- Tokens are first identified at around the same time as the local peoples changed from a life based on hunting and gathering to one based on agriculture. The tokens, as Schmandt-Besserat says, "were part and parcel of the Neolithic phenomenon; that is, the so-called agricultural revolution." (Before Writing 41).
- 2013 September 14, Jane Shilling, “The Golden Thread: the Story of Writing, by Ewan Clayton, review [print edition: Illuminating language]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Review), page R28:
- ... I was fascinated by a pair of stories about a Neolithic girl who wrote the first letter, and invented the first alphabet.
- 2001, Duncan J. Melville, Tokens: the origin of mathematics
Translations
of or relating to the New Stone Age
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Proper noun
Neolithic
- The New Stone Age, from circa 8500 to 4500 BCE.
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Translations
the New Stone Age
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Related terms
neolithic
neolithic
See also: Neolithic
English
Adjective
neolithic (comparative more neolithic, superlative most neolithic)
- (informal) hopelessly outdated
- What am I supposed to do with this neolithic piece of machinery?
Translations
hopelessly outdated
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