protohistory

Noun

Meaning

the study humans prior to the invention of writing

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

protoanthropology history past antiquity ancient history time immemorial prehistory way back when protohistoric early history distance of time

Hypernyms

archeology archaeology

Hyponyms

protoarchaeology protoarcheology

Close letter words and terms

protohistorian protohistoric protohistorical protohominid protohuman protohypericin