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    PREHISTORIC CULTURE

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    The time during the development of human culture before the appearance of the written wordplay

    Synonyms:

    prehistoric culture; prehistory

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

    Hypernyms ("prehistoric culture" is a kind of...):

    period; period of time; time period (an amount of time)

    Meronyms (parts of "prehistoric culture"):

    Bronze Age ((archeology) a period between the Stone and Iron Ages, characterized by the manufacture and use of bronze tools and weapons)

    Iron Age ((archeology) the period following the Bronze Age; characterized by rapid spread of iron tools and weapons)

    Stone Age ((archeology) the earliest known period of human culture, characterized by the use of stone implements)

    glacial epoch; glacial period; ice age (any period of time during which glaciers covered a large part of the earth's surface)

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