adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
period
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Wells, in particular, experienced successive occupation probably from as far back as the Neolithic period .
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The bull, and in particular the head and hems of the bull, became especially important in the Neolithic period .
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For example, a site may consist largely of a number of postholes, all dating to the Neolithic period .
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Not everyone accepts the idea of the Neolithic period as woman-centered.
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Possibly that reverence for horned mountains extends back to the Neolithic period .
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Trees embodied the Goddess throughout the Neolithic period and later.
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The lack of evidence of violence in the Neolithic period is so complete it becomes almost hard to believe.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Glastonbury Tor and Avebury Where later societies put great resources into fortification the Neolithic people built monuments.
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However, Paleolithic and Neolithic art often emphasized the buttocks, sometimes exaggerating them to a suggestion of hills or mountains.
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Just as dramatically, radiocarbon dating has shown that the Neolithic was introduced to Britain at least 1500 years earlier than previously believed.
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Male speaker Neolithic man would have used an axe to cut the trees.
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Not everyone accepts the idea of the Neolithic period as woman-centered.
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Perhaps some, or even many, Neolithic societies perished because of this.
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The Neolithic builders created monuments to rival the hills themselves, an activity that required a massive dedication of resources.