Definition of Neolithic in English:

Neolithic

adjective ˌniːə(ʊ)ˈlɪθɪkˌniəˈlɪθɪk

Archaeology

1Relating 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
Compare with Mesolithic, Palaeolithic
Example sentencesExamples
- He found that Mesolithic and Neolithic material was found in the same area in only eight of the 221 blocks of land surveyed in the valley.
- Early Neolithic flint tools were made from local beach pebbles.
- Distinctive styles of local pottery appear around 2500 bc along with Neolithic polished stone axes.
- Within one of the roundhouses, but almost certainly unknown to its Iron Age inhabitants, was the burial of a late Neolithic or early Bronze Age child.
- The remains of several Neolithic passage graves and over thirty Iron Age burial mounds can also be seen.
1. 1.1as noun the Neolithic The Neolithic period.
  新石器时代。亦称 N EW S TONE A GE
  Also called New Stone Age

In the Neolithic period farm animals were first domesticated and agriculture was introduced: it began in the Near East by the 8th millennium BC and spread 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

Origin

Mid 19th century: from neo- 'new' + Greek lithos 'stone' + -ic.

Definition of Neolithic in US English:

Neolithic

adjectiveˌniəˈlɪθɪkˌnēəˈliTHik

Archaeology

1Relating 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
In the Neolithic period farm animals were first domesticated, and agriculture was introduced. It began in the Near East by the 8th millennium BC and spread to northern Europe by the 4th millennium BC. Neolithic societies in northwestern Europe left such monuments as henges, long barrows, chamber tombs, and settlements inside concentric ditches spanned by causeways
Compare with Mesolithic, Paleolithic
Example sentencesExamples
- Early Neolithic flint tools were made from local beach pebbles.
- Within one of the roundhouses, but almost certainly unknown to its Iron Age inhabitants, was the burial of a late Neolithic or early Bronze Age child.
- Distinctive styles of local pottery appear around 2500 bc along with Neolithic polished stone axes.
- The remains of several Neolithic passage graves and over thirty Iron Age burial mounds can also be seen.
- He found that Mesolithic and Neolithic material was found in the same area in only eight of the 221 blocks of land surveyed in the valley.
1. 1.1as noun the Neolithic The Neolithic period.
  新石器时代。亦称 N EW S TONE A GE
  Also called New Stone Age

Origin

Mid 19th century: from neo- ‘new’ + Greek lithos ‘stone’ + -ic.

词汇	Neolithic
释义	Definition of Neolithic in English: Neolithic adjective ˌniːə(ʊ)ˈlɪθɪkˌniəˈlɪθɪk Archaeology 1Relating 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 Compare with Mesolithic, Palaeolithic Example sentencesExamples He found that Mesolithic and Neolithic material was found in the same area in only eight of the 221 blocks of land surveyed in the valley. Early Neolithic flint tools were made from local beach pebbles. Distinctive styles of local pottery appear around 2500 bc along with Neolithic polished stone axes. Within one of the roundhouses, but almost certainly unknown to its Iron Age inhabitants, was the burial of a late Neolithic or early Bronze Age child. The remains of several Neolithic passage graves and over thirty Iron Age burial mounds can also be seen. 1.1as noun the Neolithic The Neolithic period. 新石器时代。亦称 N EW S TONE A GE Also called New Stone Age In the Neolithic period farm animals were first domesticated and agriculture was introduced: it began in the Near East by the 8th millennium BC and spread 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 Origin Mid 19th century: from neo- 'new' + Greek lithos 'stone' + -ic. Definition of Neolithic in US English: Neolithic adjectiveˌniəˈlɪθɪkˌnēəˈliTHik Archaeology 1Relating 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 In the Neolithic period farm animals were first domesticated, and agriculture was introduced. It began in the Near East by the 8th millennium BC and spread to northern Europe by the 4th millennium BC. Neolithic societies in northwestern Europe left such monuments as henges, long barrows, chamber tombs, and settlements inside concentric ditches spanned by causeways Compare with Mesolithic, Paleolithic Example sentencesExamples Early Neolithic flint tools were made from local beach pebbles. Within one of the roundhouses, but almost certainly unknown to its Iron Age inhabitants, was the burial of a late Neolithic or early Bronze Age child. Distinctive styles of local pottery appear around 2500 bc along with Neolithic polished stone axes. The remains of several Neolithic passage graves and over thirty Iron Age burial mounds can also be seen. He found that Mesolithic and Neolithic material was found in the same area in only eight of the 221 blocks of land surveyed in the valley. 1.1as noun the Neolithic The Neolithic period. 新石器时代。亦称 N EW S TONE A GE Also called New Stone Age Origin Mid 19th century: from neo- ‘new’ + Greek lithos ‘stone’ + -ic.
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