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PROTOHISTORY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The study humans prior to the invention of writing
Synonyms:
protoanthropology; protohistory
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("protohistory" is a kind of...):
archaeology; archeology (the branch of anthropology that studies prehistoric people and their cultures)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "protohistory"):
protoarchaeology; protoarcheology (the study of prehistoric human artifacts and human fossils)
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