neolithic

English - Turkish

Definition of neolithic in English Turkish dictionary: (Jeoloji) cilalı taş devri; cilalı taş devrine ait; ikinci taş devrine ait; antro; {s} cilâlı taş devrine ait; {s} neolitik; cilâlı taş çağına
neolithic period: cilalı taş devri
neolithic age: cilalı taş devri

English - English

Definition of neolithic in English English dictionary: Of or relating to the New Stone Age; The New Stone Age, from circa 8500 to 4500 BCE; hopelessly outdated
What am I supposed to do with this neolithic piece of machinery?.; pertaining to the later stone age; Neolithic is used to describe things relating to the period when people had started farming but still used stone for making weapons and tools. neolithic culture. the monument was Stone Age or Neolithic. relating to the last period of the Stone Age, about 10,000 years ago, when people began to live together in small groups and make stone tools and weapons (neo- + lithos ); An Old World chronological period characterized by the development of agriculture and, hence, an increasing emphasis on sedentism; Of or pertaining to, or designating, an era characterized by late remains in stone; Thought to have begun c 9000-8000 B C The first society to live in settled communities, to domesticate animals, and to cultivate crops, the beginning of new skills of weaving, and building; of or relating to the most recent period of the Stone Age (following the mesolithic); "evidence of neolithic settlements"; An Old World chronological period characterised by the development of agriculture and, hence, an increasing emphasis on sedentism V G Childe coined the term "Neolithic Revolution" in 1941 to describe the origin and consequences of farming allowing the widespread development of settled village life; Last part of the Stone Age, when agricultural skills had been developed but stone was still the principal material for tools and weapons It began in the Near East around 8000 B C and in Europe around 6000 B C; of or relating to the most recent period of the Stone Age (following the mesolithic); "evidence of neolithic settlements; the New Stone Age (c 4000 - 1800 BC); latest part of the Stone Age beginning about 10,000 BC in the middle east (but later elsewhere); Of Later Stone Age; New Stone Age (c 5000-2500 BCE) This period is characterised by the use of stone weapons and tools (flint arrow heads and axe heads being typical examples) and saw the introduction of agriculture and the domestication of animals These were revolutionary developments and led to large population increases; In Britain, the Neolithic – or New Stone Age – was the period from about 3400 BC to 1600 BC It is often subdivided into the Earlier Neolithic – Primary Neolithic – in which the primitive farmers arrived in Britain from Europe and merged with the native Mesolithic peoples, and the Later Neolithic – Secondary Neolithic – as the immigrant culture merged with the native Mesolithic See Prehistoric Calderdale; {s} of the later Stone age, pertaining to the age characterized by the development of agriculture and sophisticated tools and weapons (Anthropology); "New Stone Age," coined to describe techniques of grinding and polishing stone tools; the first cultural period in a region in which the first signs of domestication are present
Neolithic Period: or New Stone Age Final stage of technological development or cultural evolution among prehistoric humans. It is characterized by the use of stone tools shaped by polishing or grinding, the domestication of plants or animals, the establishment of permanent villages, and the practice of such crafts as pottery and weaving. The Neolithic followed the Paleolithic Period (and in northwestern Europe the Mesolithic) and preceded the Bronze Age. Its beginning is associated with the villages that emerged in South Asia 9000 BC and flourished in the Tigris and Euphrates river valleys from 7000 BC. Farming spread northward throughout Eurasia, reaching Britain and Scandinavia only after 3000 BC. Neolithic technologies also spread to the Indus River valley of India by 5000 BC and to the Huang Ho valley of China by 3500 BC. The term is not applied to the New World, though Neolithic modes of life were achieved independently there by 2500 BC
neolithic age: latest part of the Stone Age beginning about 10,000 BC in the middle east (but later elsewhere)