1) Before written history 2) French word used in English 3) History of prehistoric humans 4) Period 5) Period of time 6) Prehistoric culture 7) Study of early man 8) Time period
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Prehistory (meaning `before history`, or `before knowledge acquired by investigation`, from the Latin word for `before,` præ, and historia) is the span of time before recorded history or the invention of writing systems. Prehistory refers to the period of human existence before the availability of those written records with which recorded h...
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The time before which there are no historical records, either in writing or by oral tradition. Which time that is depends on where you are. Mesopotamia and Egypt had writing already ca 3000 BC, while other civilizations relied on just oral tradition until the 19th century.
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Human cultures before the use of writing. The study of prehistory is mainly dependent on archaeology. General chronological dividing lines between prehistoric eras, or history and prehistory, are...
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See prehistoric.
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before written history
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n] - the time during human development before the appearance of the written word
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prehistory 1. Any period for which there is no documentary evidence and the study of cultures before written history or of more recent cultures lacking formal historical records. 2. In a strict sense, 'history' is an account of the past recovered from written records, but such an account can be prepared from other sources, notably archaeology. 3....
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before history was recorded
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prehistoric culture noun the time during the development of human culture before the appearance of the written word
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That part of history of which we have no written records, documents or oral accounts, but which is reconstructed from material remains by archeologists and anthropologists.
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Human cultures before the use of writing. The study of prehistory is mainly dependent on archaeology. General chronological dividing lines between prehistoric eras, or history and prehistory, are difficult to determine because communities have developed at differing rates. The Three Age System of classification (published in 1836 by the Danish arch...
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human history in the period before recorded events, known mainly through archaeological discoveries, study, research, etc.; history of prehistoric humans. · a history of the events or incidents leading to a crisis, situation, or the like.
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