Synonyms for prehistoric
ˌpri hɪˈstɔr ɪk, -ˈstɒr-, ˌpri ɪ-pre·his·toric

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1. prehistoric, prehistoricaladjective

   belonging to or existing in times before recorded history

   "prehistoric settlements"; "prehistoric peoples"

   Synonyms:
   prehistorical

   Antonyms:
   stylish, future, fashionable, present(a)

2. prehistoricadjective

   of or relating to times before written history

   "prehistoric archeology"

   Synonyms:
   prehistorical

   Antonyms:
   present(a), stylish, future, fashionable

3. prehistoricadjective

   no longer fashionable

   "my mother has these prehistoric ideas about proper clothes"

   Synonyms:
   prehistorical

   Antonyms:
   stylish, fashionable, future, present(a)

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1. Ronit Lupu:

   This discovery represents a highly significant addition to our research of the city and the vicinity. Apart from the pottery, the fascinating flint finds attest to the livelihood of the local population in prehistoric times: Small sickle blades for harvesting cereal crops, chisels and polished axes for building, borers and awls, and even a bead made of carnelian (a gemstone), indicating that jewelry was either made or imported, the grinding tools, mortars and pestles, like the basalt bowl, attest to technological skills as well as to the kinds of crafts practiced in the local community.

2. Andreas Heiss:

   Prehistoric bakers produced so much more than just bread, a Late Bronze Age odd deposit from central European site Stillfried (Austria) yielded dough rings comparable to Italian tarallini, discovered together with a larger number of clay loom weights, likewise ring-shaped resulting in new insights into the material culture of food, symbolism, and diversity of dishes.

3. Andrew Chamberlain:

   However, wood is not preserved on most Neolithic archaeological sites and no wooden measuring devices have been found in prehistoric Britain.

4. Brian Redmond:

   The Heckelman site is unlike anything found in the lower Great Lakes of the United States, most contemporary sites in Ohio focused on burial ceremonies and the building of mounds. To find evidence of life celebrations is an unexpected and exciting discovery. It gives us surprising insights about these prehistoric Ohioans that lived nearly 2,300 years ago.

5. Andrew Chamberlain:

   The existence of these measuring devices implies an advanced knowledge in prehistoric Britain of geometry and of the mathematical properties of circles.