All 3 Uses of
Neolithic
in
The Hound of the Baskervilles
- Neolithic man—no date.†
Chpt 7 *
- If he would confine his energies to this all would be well, but there are rumours that he intends to prosecute Dr. Mortimer for opening a grave without the consent of the next-of-kin, because he dug up the Neolithic skull in the barrow on Long Down.†
Chpt 8
- Some blankets rolled in a waterproof lay upon that very stone slab upon which Neolithic man had once slumbered.†
Chpt 11
Definition:
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(Neolithic) newest (most recent) period of the Stone Age beginning around 10,000 to 8,000 BC, when humans made polished stone tools and many areas were developing agriculture -- especially the Middle East