Neolithic

neolithic English 2008 June 5 Etymology From en neo- -lithic. en Q312503 1865 as a refinement of the three-age system. Pronunciation en /ˌniː.əˈlɪθ.ɪk/ /ˌniː.əʊˈlɪθ.ɪk/ UK en /ˌni.əˈlɪθ.ɪk/ US,CA, nēōlĭthīk, en /ˌni.oʊˈlɪθ.ɪk/ en en-us-Neolithic.ogg US [ˌni.ɨˈlɪθ.ɪk] en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Neøn-neolithic.wav US [ˌni.əˈlɪθ.ɪk] en /ˌniː.əˈlɪθ.ɪk/ AU en en-au-Neolithic.ogg Queensland en ɪθɪk 4 en Neo lith ic Proper noun The period of prehistory from circa 8500 to 4500 BCE. en New Stone Age en Stone Age < prehistory en Pre-Pottery Neolithic Pre-Pottery Neolithic A Pre-Pottery Neolithic B en Old Stone Age Paleolithic#Proper noun Translations the New Stone Age Asturian: ast neolíticu m Bulgarian: bg новокаменна епоха f Catalan: ca neolític m Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 新石器時代 Xīnshíqì Shídài Crimean Tatar: crh neolit Czech: cs neolit m Dutch: nl neolithicum n Estonian: et neoliitikum Finnish: fi neoliittinen kausi, fi nuorempi kivikausi French: fr néolithique m, fr Néolithique m, fr Néolithique f Galician: gl neolítico m German: de Jungsteinzeit f, de Neolithikum n Greek: el Νεολιθική f Hindi: hi नवपाषाण युग m Interlingua: ia Neolitic m Irish: ga Nua-Chlochaois f an Nua-Chlochaois, ga Tréimhse Neoiliteach f An Tréimhse Neoiliteach Italian: it neolitico m Korean: ko ^신석기 시대(新石器時代) Maltese: mt neolitiku Polish: pl neolit m Portuguese: pt neolítico m Russian: ru неоли́т m Scottish Gaelic: gd Linn Ùr na Cloiche f Sicilian: scn neoliticu m Slovene: sl mlajša kamena doba f Spanish: es neolítico m Swedish: sv neolitisk tid c, sv bondestenålder c, sv yngre stenålder c, sv neolitikum Thai: th ยุคหินใหม่ yóok hĭn mài Turkish: tr Neolitik Çağ Vietnamese: vi thời đại đồ đá mới Adjective - Of or relating to the New Stone Age. en neolithic en 2001 Duncan J. Melville Tokens: the origin of mathematics Mesopotamian Mathematics https://web.archive.org/web/20070206163511/http://it.stlawu.edu/~dmelvill/mesomath/tokens.html 6 February 2007 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). en Jane Shilling The Golden Thread: the Story of Writing, by Ewan Clayton, review [print edition: Illuminating language] http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/historybookreviews/10304108/The-Golden-Thread-the-Story-of-Writing-by-Ewan-Clayton-review.html https://web.archive.org/web/20250711011038/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/historybookreviews/10304108/The-Golden-Thread-the-Story-of-Writing-by-Ewan-Clayton-review.html 11 July 2025 The Daily Telegraph (Review) 14 September 2013 R28 ... I was fascinated by a pair of stories about a Neolithic girl who wrote the first letter, and invented the first alphabet. Derived terms en Neolithically preneolithic Neolithic Revolution Translations of or relating to the New Stone Age Belarusian: be неаліты́чны Catalan: ca neolític Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 新石器時代的 Xīnshíqì Shídài de Czech: cs neolitický m Danish: da yngre stenalder Finnish: fi neoliittinen French: fr néolithique Galician: gl neolítico m German: de jungsteinzeitlich, de neolithisch Greek: el νεολιθικός f Hindi: hi नवपाषाण Irish: ga Neoiliteach Italian: it neolitico Japanese: ja 新石器時代 しんせっきじだい, Shinsekki Jidai Korean: ko ^신석기 시대(新石器時代), ko ^신석기(新石器) Latin: la neolithicus Latvian: lv neolīts Maltese: mt neolitiku m, mt neolitiċi p Norwegian: Bokmål: nb neolittisk Nynorsk: nn neolittisk Polish: pl neolityczny m Portuguese: pt neolítico m Russian: ru неолити́ческий Spanish: es neolítico Turkish: tr neolitik Ukrainian: uk неоліти́чний, uk новокам'яни́й Noun A person who lived during the New Stone Age. en 2011 Seán Lang European History For Dummies 27 For the Neolithics, the stone was flint, and it's still impressive to see what they were able to achieve with it. Related terms en lith en Mesolithic en Paleolithic Anagrams en cehiilnot Nicholite ichnolite en Archaeology Paleontology