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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Generate an image of the Stone Age (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 ⓘ
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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 ⓘ
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Stone Age → hasPart → Paleolithic ⓘ
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Stone Age → hasPart → Neolithic ⓘ
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Grotte de Pech Merle → hasArtPeriod → Upper Paleolithic ⓘ
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Proto-Austronesian → hasTimeDepth → Neolithic period ⓘ
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Austronesian peoples → timeOfMajorExpansion → Neolithic period ⓘ
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History of the World, Part I → hasPart → segment "The Stone Age" ⓘ
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Quest for Fire → setInTimePeriod → Paleolithic era ⓘ
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Bedrock → timePeriod → Stone Age ⓘ
Pebbles Flintstone → countryOfFictionalResidence → Stone Age United States ⓘ
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Betty Rubble → settingPeriod → Stone Age ⓘ
Sassi di Matera → significantPeriod → Paleolithic era ⓘ
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Ciemna Cave → usedDuring → Stone Age ⓘ
John Lubbock → coinedTerm → Paleolithic ⓘ
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History of Jordan → earliestHumanPresence → Paleolithic period ⓘ
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Fernand Cormon → notableWork → The Stone Age ⓘ
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Mesolithic period → partOf → Stone Age ⓘ
Ekornavallen → hasTimeSpan → Stone Age ⓘ
Upper Palaeolithic → partOf → Palaeolithic ⓘ
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Buhloone Mindstate → hasPart → Stone Age ⓘ
Michael Menzel → illustrated → Stone Age ⓘ
Neolithic period → partOf → Stone Age ⓘ
Bremsnes Cave → isInhabitedDuring → Stone Age ⓘ
Flintstone residence → depictsTimePeriod → Stone Age (fictionalized) ⓘ
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Pearl Slaghoople → setting → Stone Age ⓘ