eolithic
/ˌiəˈlɪθɪk/
adjective
- Relating to the earliest period of the Stone Age, before the Paleolithic, when the first crude stone tools were used.
- The eolithic period is sometimes called the 'Dawn of Stone' age.
- Scholars disagree about whether eolithic cultures actually made tools or just used natural stones.
- Eolithic tools are very simple and hard to distinguish from naturally broken stones.