prehistoric culture

1. 1.

   the time during the development of human culture before the appearance of the written word

   Synonymsprehistory

   Broadertime period

   PartsBronze AgeIron AgeStone Ageice age

Questions about prehistoric culture

What does prehistoric culture mean?

prehistoric culture means "the time during the development of human culture before the appearance of the written word".

What is another word for prehistoric culture?

Close synonyms include prehistory. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is prehistoric culture a common word?

prehistoric culture is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.