Neolithic
Pronunciation: /ˌniːə(ʊ)ˈlɪθɪk/
adjective
Archaeology- relating to or denoting the later part of the Stone Age, when ground or polished stone weapons and implements prevailed.
- (as noun the Neolithic) the Neolithic period. Also called New Stone Age.
- In the Neolithic period farm animals were first domesticated and agriculture was introduced: it began in the Near East by the 8th millennium bc and spread to northern Europe by the 4th millennium bc. Neolithic societies in NW Europe left such monuments as causewayed camps, henges, long barrows, and chambered tombs
