Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or being a society or culture prior to the use of ceramics or pottery.
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- adjective archaeology Describing a society that did not use
pottery
Etymologies
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pre- + ceramic
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Examples
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Our plans include working at El Carrizal focusing on the Mesoamerican cultural phases for some years and, at some point, start a special project on the preceramic groups of the area.
Staff Profiles « Interactive Dig El Carrizal – Rescuing a Mesoamerican Site 2009
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In the first book written in English about the Chinchorro culture, the author reconstructs daily life, and challenges our assumption that preceramic cultures had a simple socioreligious life.
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