Neolithic
Definition of Neolithic
Ne`o`lith´ic
a.
1.
(Archæol. & Geol.)
Of or
pertaining
to, or
designating
, an
era
characterized
by
late
remains
in
stone
; the
late
stone
age
.
Estimated
as
beginning
around
9000
b. c.
in the
Middle
East
, this
period
is
characterized
by the
beginnings
of
farming
, the
domestication
of
animals
, and the
manufacture
of
textiles
and
pottery
.
The
Neolithic
era
includes
the
latter
half
of the "
Stone
age
;" the
human
relics
which
belong
to it are
associated
with the
remains
of
animals
not
yet
extinct
. The
kitchen
middens
of
Denmark
, the
lake
dwellings
of
Switzerland
, and the
stockaded
islands
, or "
crannogs
," of the
British
Isles
,
belong
to this
era
.
- Lubbock.
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