| 单词 | middle stone age |
| 释义 | > as lemmasMiddle Stone Age Middle Stone Age n. Archaeology (originally) = Mesolithic n. (rare); (later) a cultural period in sub-Saharan Africa (and to a lesser extent in southern and eastern Asia) beginning between 250,000 b.c. and 100,000 b.c. and ending about 40,000 b.c., characterized by the use of multifaceted, composite tools and generally corresponding to the Middle Palaeolithic in Europe. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > historical period > [noun] > prehistoric periods dark ages1842 Iron Age1845 iron period1847 stone period1849 lithic age1862 Aurignac1863 stone age1864 three ages1866 Palaeolithic1869 Middle Stone Age1870 prehistory1871 stone era1873 Siwalik1877 Neolithic1878 hemera1893 Mesvinian1909 Mesolithic1931 Abbevillian1937 Devensian1968 Creswellian1969 dryas1975 1870 Harper's Mag. May 931 Three epochs are traced by M. Reboux [in the vicinity of Paris]; that of the cave bear, or early stone age; the middle stone age, or the reindeer period; and the new stone age, or the period of the dolmens. 1929 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 59 429 The Middle Stone Age parallels the Mousterian of Europe, but often in evolved forms. 1959 J. D. Clark Prehist. Southern Afr. ii. 40 The Middle Stone Age is essentially the time of the specially prepared core and the flake tool derived from it. 1970 W. Bray & D. Trump Dict. Archaeol. 146/2 (heading) Mesolithic (Middle Stone Age). 1986 M. Salim (title) The middle stone age cultures of Northern Pakistan. 1995 J. Shreeve Neandertal Enigma (1996) x. 270 There are..signs that Middle Stone Age Africans were mining hematite. < as lemmas |
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