archaeolithic

archaeolithic
pertaining to the most ancient man-made stone tools

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  • Archaeolithic — Ar ch[ae]*o*lith ic ([aum]r k[ e]*[ o]*l[i^]th [i^]k), a. [Gr. archai^os ancient + liqiko s pertaining to a stone.] (Arch[ae]ol.) Of or pertaining to the earliest Stone age; applied to a prehistoric period preceding the Paleolithic age. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • archaeolithic —   a. pertaining to earliest stone age …   Dictionary of difficult words

  • Stones and Rocks — All the words in this list incorporate the element lith , from the Greek lithos stone . Unfortunately, if you ve come looking for a list of different types of stone (a list that would easily run into the thousands) you should really consult a… …   Phrontistery dictionary

  • archae- — combining form or archaeo also archeo in pronunciations below, | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷(ˌ) ̷ ̷ . |ärkē(ˌ)ō or |ȧk or ēə,  ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ . är|kēō or ȧ|k or ēə Etymology: Greek …   Useful english dictionary

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