Stone Age

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archaeological period prehistoric period

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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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Stone Age canonical 4
Neolithic period 3
Paleolithic 2

Statements (49)

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 ⓘ
Stone Age self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Neolithic

Stone Age self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Paleolithic
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 ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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