| archaeoastronomy |
the study of the astronomy of prehistoric cultures. |
| Aryan |
a person belonging to or claiming to be a descendant of the prehistoric peoples who spoke the hypothetical parent language of Indo-Europeans. [1/4 definitions] |
| cave man |
one who lives in a cave, esp. a prehistoric human being; cave dweller. [1/2 definitions] |
| cliff dweller |
a member of a prehistoric race of American Indians who lived in the shallow caves and recesses of cliffs of the southwestern United States. [1/2 definitions] |
| cromlech |
a prehistoric monument consisting of upright monoliths arranged in a circle around a mound. [1/2 definitions] |
| dolmen |
a prehistoric structure that consists of two or more large stones set vertically and joined by a horizontal capstone. |
| fossil fuel |
any carbon-containing fuel formed from the remains of prehistoric plants and animals. Coal, petroleum, and natural gas are examples of fossil fuels. |
| Java man |
a prehistoric human known from fossilized skeleton parts found in Java, thought to be from the late Pleistocene period; pithecanthropus. |
| kitchen midden |
a refuse heap of shells, bones, and the like marking the site of a prehistoric human settlement. |
| lake dwelling |
a dwelling, esp. in prehistoric times, built on wooden piles in a shallow part of a lake or marsh. |
| megalith |
a huge stone, esp. one used in prehistoric times as a monument. |
| menhir |
a large upright monolith standing alone or erected as part of an aligned grouping of such stones, found esp. in parts of England and France and usu. prehistoric in origin. |
| paleo- |
(sometimes cap.) old; prehistoric; ancient. |
| petroglyph |
a drawing or carving on rock, esp. from prehistoric times. |
| Piltdown man |
a skull, found in 1911, believed to represent a species of prehistoric human but shown in 1953 to be a forged composite of modern human and ape bone fragments. |
| Stonehenge |
a large circle of prehistoric megaliths in southern England. |
| thunderstone |
any of various stones, fossils, or prehistoric tools that in former times were believed to have been hurled to the ground as thunderbolts. |
| troglodyte |
a prehistoric person who lived in caves; cave dweller. [1/2 definitions] |