a period in human culture identified by the use of stone implements and usually divided into the Palaeolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic stages (as modifier): Stone-Age man
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Stone′ Age′,
- Archaeologythe period in the history of humankind, preceding the Bronze Age and the Iron Age, and marked by the use of stone implements and weapons: subdivided into the Paleolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic periods.
- 1860–65
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'Stone Age' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Altamira
- Bronze Age
- Eolithic
- Epipaleolithic
- Hoabinhian
- Iron Age
- Mesolithic
- Neolithic
- New Stone Age
- Old Stone Age
- Paleolithic
- Skara Brae
- age
- bladelet
- cave man
- monolithic
- primitivism
- rock-shelter