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Definition of Eolithic

1. Adjective. Of or relating to the earliest period of the Stone Age (characterized by the use of eoliths).

2. Noun. The earliest part of the Stone Age marked by the earliest signs of human culture.

Definition of Eolithic

1. Adjective. (archaeology) of or relating to the early period of the Stone Age marked by the use of eoliths. ¹

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Definition of Eolithic

1. eolith [adj] - See also: eolith

Lexicographical Neighbors of Eolithic

eobiont eobionts eobiotic eocene eohippus eohippuses eolian eolianite eolic eolienne

eoliennes eolipile eolipiles eolis eolith eolithic (current term) eoliths eolopile eolopiles eolotropic

eolotropy eomesodermin eon eonian eonic eonisms eons eophyte eophytes

Literary usage of Eolithic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences by New York Academy of Sciences (1916)
"Photograph by MacCurdy, 1909. attempted to prove that like the Palaeolithic the eolithic period is capable of subdivision into a number of stages or ..."

2. The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind by Herbert George Wells (1920)
"... PAL^eolithic MEN, THE FIRST TRUE MEN (Later Palaeolithic Age) § 1. The Coming of Men Like Ourselves. § 2. Subdivision of the Later Palaeolithic. § 3. ..."

3. Records of the Past by Records of the Past Exploration Society (1906)
"I * + THE eolithic PROBLEM D THE September number of the American Anthropologist, ... It is entitled The eolithic Problem —Evidences of a Rude Industry ..."

4. The Passing of the Great Race; Or, The Racial Basis of European History by Madison Grant, Henry Fairfield Osborn (1921)
"eolithic MAN BEFORE considering the living populations of Europe we must give consideration to the extinct peoples that preceded them. ..."

5. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1894)
"For these were the Islands of the Hesperides, and the peak k PAL/eolithic IMPLEMENTS. id used as we use a pick; but from the shape of one of these sketches ..."

6. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association by Geologists' Association (1906)
"eolithic IMPLEMENTS, WELL HILL GRAVEL. apparently come from a high gravel. At low levels, such an association might well exist. The party then descended the ..."

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