of or belonging to dolmens, or to the race who constructed them.

attributive. Designating or belonging to a type of Neolithic pottery decorated with elaborate but crudely executed impressed patterns, found…

Of or relating to this culture.

Archaeology. A type of prehistoric stone weapon; hence applied attributively to a neolithic culture characterized by this weapon.

cord-ornamented ware, spec. a type characteristic of a neolithic people of Thuringia.

Used to designate the type of neolithic culture, pottery, etc., characteristic of the Windmill Hill site.

Of, pertaining to, or designating the pre-Dynastic Neolithic culture represented by remains found at Deir Tasa.

Of, pertaining to, or designating a neolithic culture of Palestine represented by remains found at Tahouneh. Also absol.

Of or relating to a chalcolithic culture dating to the sixth millennium b.c., centred on an area corresponding to south-eastern Turkey and northern…

Used attributively and absol. to designate a Neolithic Chinese culture of 3000–2500 b.c., and its artefacts (spec. a fine, burnished black…

Designating a British Late Neolithic pottery style represented by vessels first discovered at Rinyo in Orkney and Clacton-on-Sea in Essex. Also…

Of a culture, esp. an early Neolithic culture: lacking pottery. Also: of or relating to such a culture. Also occasionally as n. (with the).

Of or relating to a variety of early Neolithic impressed ware of the western Mediterranean, decorated with patterns made using the edge of a…