prehistory

pre·his·to·ry

P0522500 (prē-hĭs′tə-rē)n. pl. pre·his·to·ries 1. History of humankind in the period before recorded history.2. The circumstances or developments leading up to or surrounding an event or situation; background: "[He] then told me the curious prehistory of his obsessive interest in the seduction theory" (Janet Malcolm).

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pre′his·tor′i·an (-hĭ-stôr′ē-ən, -stŏr′-) n.

prehistory

(priːˈhɪstərɪ) n, pl -ries1. (Archaeology) the prehistoric period2. (Archaeology) the study of this period, relying entirely on archaeological evidence prehistorian n

pre•his•to•ry

(priˈhɪs tə ri, -ˈhɪs tri)

n., pl. -ries. 1. human history in the period before recorded events, known mainly through archaeological discoveries, study, research, etc. 2. a history of the events or circumstances leading to something. [1870–75] pre`his•to′ri•an (-hɪˈstɔr i ən, -ˈstoʊr-) n.

Thesaurus

Noun

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prehistory - the time during the development of human culture before the appearance of the written wordprehistoric cultureperiod, period of time, time period - an amount of time; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period"Bronze Age - (archeology) a period between the Stone and Iron Ages, characterized by the manufacture and use of bronze tools and weaponsIron Age - (archeology) the period following the Bronze Age; characterized by rapid spread of iron tools and weaponsStone Age - (archeology) the earliest known period of human culture, characterized by the use of stone implementsglacial epoch, glacial period, ice age - any period of time during which glaciers covered a large part of the earth's surface; "the most recent ice age was during the Pleistocene"

Translations

preistoriapreistoricostudioso di preistoriapré-história