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单词 protolithic
释义

protolithic

/prəʊtə(ʊ)ˈlɪθɪk/
adjective
1Designating or relating to the period in the development of human culture during which simple stone tools begin to be used; designating or relating to the earliest part of the Stone Age.
2Designating primitive stone implements with minimal shaping; designating or relating to the use of such implements.
  • The term was originally applied by the American anthropologist W. J. McGee (1853–1912) to the implements formerly in use amongst the Seri Indians of eastern Mexico..
3 Geology. Of the nature of or relating to a protolith.

Origin

Mid 19th century. From proto- + -lithic, after Neolithic, Palaeolithic, etc.

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