Paleolith

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A paleolith is a relic of the Paleolithic era.

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Online Medical Dictionary, Paleolith

Prehistoric technology

Dwellings	Early architecture Burdei Cave Cliff-dwelling Dugout Great house Hut Jacal Lean-to Longhouse Pile dwelling Pit-house Pueblitos Pueblo Rock shelter Roundhouse Stilt house Tent

Ceremonial structures	Earliest religious structure Kiva Pyramid Temple

Water management	Cistern Check dam Reservoir Water well

Other	Burnt mound Causewayed enclosure Henge Midden Archaeological features Megalithic architecture

Hunting	Arrow Atlatl Bow and arrow Dart Projectile point Spear Snare trap

Food processing	Fire Basket Granaries Grinding slab Ground stone Hearth Manos Metate Mortar and pestle Pottery Quern-stone Storage pit

Farming	Introduction of Agriculture Ard / plough Celt Digging stick Domestication Goad Irrigation Sickle Terracing

Toolmaking	Earliest toolmaking Biface Cupstone Hafting Hand axe Lithic core Lithic reduction Prepared-core technique Tool stone Striking platform

Other tools	Axe Adze Awl Blade Bone tool Bow drill Burin Cleaver Chopper Denticulate tool Hammerstone Hand axe Knife Rope Quern-stone Scraper Stone tool Weapons Wheel

Arts and culture

Material goods	Basketmaking Beadwork Clothing Clothing and textiles Metallurgy Pottery Weaving

Prehistoric art	Earliest art Cairn Cave painting Geoglyph Ideograms List of prehistoric artworks Megalithic art Paleoart Petroform Petroglyph Petrosomatoglyph Pictogram Rock art Stone circle

Other cultural	Develop abstract thought Human development and religion Music archaeology Prehistoric music

Burial	Burial mounds Chamber tomb Cist Cremation Dolmen Funeral pyre Grave Jar-burials Megalithic tomb Mummy Stone box grave

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