Chiefly in singular (Dark Age). In Greece and other parts of the Aegean: the period between the collapse of Bronze Age civilization and the…

Archaeology. With the. The period in which iron-working techniques were first introduced in a particular region; spec. (in the Three Age System of C…

Archaeology. With the. Frequently with capital initial(s). = Iron Age, n.1 3.

= stone age, n.; also, a portion of the stone age; also attributive.

gen. Of or pertaining to stone; consisting of stone. lithic age, the ‘stone age’ of Archæology.

attributive. = Aurignacian, adj.

Archaeology. The period or stage in the development of human culture which is marked by the exclusive or greatly predominant use of stone as…

the Stone, Bronze, and Iron Ages (see also three-age adj. at compounds 3a(a)).

With the. The Palaeolithic period. Also called Old Stone Age.

(originally) = Mesolithic, n. (rare); (later) a cultural period in sub-Saharan Africa (and to a lesser extent in southern and eastern Asia)…

The branch of knowledge that deals with events or conditions before written or recorded history; (also) such events or conditions, or the period in…

= stone period n.

absol. The Siwalik series or period.

Frequently with the. The Neolithic period.

A period of geological time in which any particular species was most abundant as represented in strata; an interval between times when two…

The Mesvinian period, culture, or industry (industry, n. 6). Usually with the.

Archaeology. The Mesolithic period. Also called Middle Stone Age.

Archaeology. With the. The Abbevillian culture.

Of, pertaining to, or designating the most recent Pleistocene glaciation in Britain (identified with the Weichsel of continental Europe); of or…

Pertaining or belonging to a cultural period of the Mesolithic or late Palæolithic, represented only in Britain and roughly contemporary with the…

Geology. With capital initial. Used attributively to designate each of three cold (subarctic) climatic phases of the Late Pleistocene epoch in…