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Neolithic vs Eolithic - What's the difference?

neolithic | eolithic |

As adjectives the difference between neolithic and eolithic

is that neolithic is of or relating to the New Stone Age while eolithic is of or relating to the early period of the Stone Age marked by the use of eoliths.

As a proper noun Neolithic

is the New Stone Age, from circa 8500 to 4500 BCE.

neolithic

English

(wikipedia Neolithic)

Adjective

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  • Of or relating to the New Stone Age.
  • * 2001 , Duncan J. Melville, Tokens: the origin of mathematics
    • Tokens are first identified at around the same time as the local peoples changed from a life based on hunting and gathering to one based on agriculture. The tokens, as Schmandt-Besserat says, "were part and parcel of the Neolithic phenomenon; that is, the so-called agricultural revolution." (Before Writing 41).
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    • Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • The New Stone Age, from circa 8500 to 4500 BCE.

    • Synonyms

    * New Stone Age

    Derived terms

    * Neolithic Revolution

    Related terms

    * lith * Mesolithic * Paleolithic

    eolithic

    English

    Adjective

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