prehistoric has definitions from the fields of history,archeology
1
[ adjective ] (history) belonging to or existing in times before recorded history

Synonyms

prehistorical

Examples

"prehistoric settlements" "prehistoric peoples"

Used in print

(Nathan Rapport, ""I've Been Here before!"...)

It is not through space nor time that the time_machine most approved by science_fiction must travel for a visit to the permanent prehistoric past , or the ever existent past fantasy future .

Related terms

past

2
[ adjective ] (archeology) of or relating to times before written history

Examples

"prehistoric archeology"

Related terms

prehistory

3
[ adjective ] no longer fashionable

Examples

"my mother has these prehistoric ideas about proper clothes"

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