Stone Age

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The Stone Age is the earliest known period of human prehistory, characterized by the creation and use of stone tools before the advent of metalworking.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological period
prehistoric period
associatedWith early farming communities
hunter-gatherer societies
characterizedBy absence of metal tools
use of stone tools
classificationSystem three-age system
coinageOfTerm early 19th century
culturalRemains burial sites
cave paintings
megalithic structures
rock art
definedBy archaeological evidence
lithic technology
endTime between about 3300 and 2000 BCE depending on region
follows Paleolithic technology of non-human primates
hasPart Mesolithic
Neolithic
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Paleolithic
linked to: Stone Age
includesDevelopment beginnings of art
beginnings of religion or ritual
control of fire
development of language
domestication of animals
domestication of plants
emergence of Homo sapiens
sedentary villages in late Neolithic
transition to agriculture
mainTechnology ground stone tools
hammerstones
hand axes
knapped stone tools
microliths
partOf prehistory
precedes Bronze Age
Chalcolithic
Copper Age
spatialExtent Africa
Americas
Asia
Australia
Europe
startTime about 3.3 million years ago
usedMaterial antler
bone
chert
flint
obsidian
wood

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Iron Age distinguishedFrom Stone Age
Athens foundedInCentury Neolithic period
linked to: Stone Age
Stone Age hasPart Paleolithic
linked to: Stone Age
Stone Age hasPart Neolithic
linked to: Stone Age
Grotte de Pech Merle hasArtPeriod Upper Paleolithic
linked to: Stone Age
Proto-Austronesian hasTimeDepth Neolithic period
linked to: Stone Age
Austronesian peoples timeOfMajorExpansion Neolithic period
linked to: Stone Age
History of the World, Part I hasPart segment "The Stone Age"
linked to: Stone Age
Quest for Fire setInTimePeriod Paleolithic era
linked to: Stone Age
Bedrock timePeriod Stone Age
Pebbles Flintstone countryOfFictionalResidence Stone Age United States
linked to: Stone Age
Betty Rubble settingPeriod Stone Age
Sassi di Matera significantPeriod Paleolithic era
linked to: Stone Age
Ciemna Cave usedDuring Stone Age
John Lubbock coinedTerm Paleolithic
linked to: Stone Age