Relating to or denoting a prehistoric period transitioning between the Stone Age and Bronze Age, characterized by the use of both stone and early metal tools.
From Latin 'aeneus' (bronze) + Greek 'lithos' (stone) + '-ic'. The term emerged in 19th-century archaeology to describe cultural periods that bridged Neolithic and Bronze Age technologies.
This word reveals how scientists use Latin and Greek like building blocks to name periods they discover—it's literally 'bronze-stone-period,' showing how archaeologists construct vocabulary for gaps in human history.
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