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preceramic

American  
[pree-suh-ram-ik] / ˌpri səˈræm ɪk /

adjective

  1. noting or pertaining to a period or culture antedating the use of ceramics or pottery.

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Radiocarbon dating places its initial construction around 4,750 years ago during the Late Preceramic Period, making it one of the earliest instances of such architecture in the Americas.

From Science Daily

In the Peruvian Andes, a temple structure at Kotosh, a preceramic archaeological site that dates from 2000 to 1800 BC, features a frieze of two delicately crossed hands.

From Los Angeles Times

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