Neolithic
/niːəʊˈlɪθɪk/adjective
1- Archaeology of, relating to, or denoting the later part of the Stone Age, when ground or polished stone weapons and implements prevailed【考古】(与)新石器时代(有关)的。
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- as noun the Neolithic the Neolithic period新石器时代。亦称
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In the Neolithic period farm animals were first domesticated and agriculture was introduced, beginning in the Near East by the 8th millennium BC and spreading to northern Europe by the 4th millennium BC. Neolithic societies in NW Europe left such monuments as causewayed camps, henges, long barrows, and chambered tombs.
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