neolithic (adj.)

  1. of or relating to the most recent period of the Stone Age (following the mesolithic); evidence of neolithic settlements'

    Neolithic (n.)

  1. latest part of the Stone Age beginning about 10, 000 BC in the Middle East (but later elsewhere)

    [ Syn: neolithic age , neolithic , new stone age ]

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