PROTOHISTORY

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The study humans prior to the invention of writing

Synonyms:

protoanthropology; protohistory

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("protohistory" is a kind of...):

archaeology; archeology (the branch of anthropology that studies prehistoric people and their cultures)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "protohistory"):

protoarchaeology; protoarcheology (the study of prehistoric human artifacts and human fossils)

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