prehistory

n. period before written records, time before the advent of historical documentation

Prehistory (Latin, præ = before Greek, ιστορία = history) is a term often used to describe the period before written history. Paul Tournal originally coined the term Pré-historique in describing the finds he had made in the caves of southern France. It came into use in French in the 1830s to describe the time before writing, and was introduced into English by Daniel Wilson in 1851.
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Noun
1. the time during the development of human culture before the appearance of the written word
(synonym) prehistoric culture
(hypernym) time period, period of time, period
(part-meronym) Bronze Age

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