Prehistoric Times

Japanese: 《Prehistoric Times》(英語表記)PrehistoricTimes
Prehistoric Times

…the new part of the Stone Age. It began when Lord Avery of England divided the Stone Age into the Paleolithic and Neolithic in Prehistoric Times (1865). The Paleolithic belongs to the Pleistocene (Pleistocene), while the Neolithic belongs to the Alluvial (Holocene). The Paleolithic only used chipped stone tools, while the Neolithic is characterized by ground stone tools and also uses elaborate chipped stone tools made of flint, a type of quartz. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Prehistoric Times" is listed below.

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Japanese:

…石器時代の新しい部分。イギリスのラボックJ.Lubbock(ロード・エーブリー)が《先史時代Prehistoric Times》(1865)で,石器時代を旧石器時代と新石器時代とに二分したことに始まる。旧石器時代が洪積世(更新世)に属するのに対して,新石器時代は沖積世(完新世)に属し,旧石器時代には打製石器のみを用いたのに対して,新石器時代は磨製石器によって特徴づけられ,また石英の一種であるフリント製の精巧な打製石器も使用している。…

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