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NEW STONE AGE
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Latest part of the Stone Age beginning about 10,000 BC in the Middle East (but later elsewhere)
Synonyms:
Neolithic; Neolithic Age; New Stone Age
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Instance hypernyms:
period; period of time; time period (an amount of time)
Holonyms ("New Stone Age" is a part of...):
Stone Age ((archeology) the earliest known period of human culture, characterized by the use of stone implements)