Aneolithic
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Definitions
- 1 The Eneolithic, Chalcolithic or Copper Age.
"During our travels in Mesopotamia we also studied the similar pottery of the aneolithic age found at Abu Shahrein, Tell el-'Obeid and elsewhere in Babylonia, as well as at several sites in the East Tigris country and Assyria, from all of which we made collections which supplement the sherds from Tell el-'Obeid and Kerkufk now in the Baghdad Museum."
Example
More examples"During our travels in Mesopotamia we also studied the similar pottery of the aneolithic age found at Abu Shahrein, Tell el-'Obeid and elsewhere in Babylonia, as well as at several sites in the East Tigris country and Assyria, from all of which we made collections which supplement the sherds from Tell el-'Obeid and Kerkufk now in the Baghdad Museum."
Etymology
From a- + neolithic.
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