PRECERAMIC

Meaning of PRECERAMIC in English

|prē+ adjective

Etymology: pre- + ceramic

: of or relating to an age or culture prior to the period when pottery making appears

preceramic epoch

preceramic archaeological site

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

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