Neolithic

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Neolithic \Ne`o*lith"ic\, a. [Neo- + -lith + -ic.] (Archaeol. &
     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.
     [1913 Webster +PJC]
  
           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.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  neolithic
       adj : of or relating to the most recent period of the Stone Age
             (following the mesolithic); "evidence of neolithic
             settlements"
       n : latest part of the Stone Age beginning about 10,000 BC in
           the middle east (but later elsewhere) [syn: {Neolithic
           Age}, {New Stone Age}]