What does "aceramic" mean?

Having no pottery or other ceramicware items.

What is a synonym for "aceramic"?

Common synonyms include: pre-pottery.

Aceramic

adj

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Definitions

Adjective

1
Having no pottery or other ceramicware items. not-comparable
"At Çatal Hüyük we can actually study the transition from an aceramic Neolithic with baskets and wooden vessels to a ceramic Neolithic with the first pottery."

Synonyms

All synonyms

pre-pottery

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"At Çatal Hüyük we can actually study the transition from an aceramic Neolithic with baskets and wooden vessels to a ceramic Neolithic with the first pottery."

Etymology

From a- + ceramic.

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