eolith
[ee-uh-lith]
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noun
a chipped stone of the late Tertiary Period in Europe once thought to have been flaked by humans but now known to be the product of natural, nonhuman agencies.
Origin of eolith
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Historical Examples of eolithic
The Eolithic problem has aroused the most animated controversy, in which opinion is divided.
Men of the Old Stone AgeHenry Fairfield Osborn
To the east is the plateau of Kent, in which many flints of Eolithic type have been found.
Men of the Old Stone AgeHenry Fairfield Osborn
In the last place will be mentioned criticism of the distribution of the eolithic type (Obermaier, 1908).
Prehistoric ManW. L. H. Duckworth
The distribution of the implements finds a weak spot in the defences of the eolithic partisans.
Prehistoric ManW. L. H. Duckworth
To an earlier and longer epoch belongs the Prepalolithic or Eolithic stage.
Men of the Old Stone AgeHenry Fairfield Osborn
Eolithic
adjective
eolith
noun
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