A Misleading Name
In keeping with the etymology of Neolithic, if the distinction is between hunter/gatherer and farmer communities, I propose something like:
- Kynigolithic (hunter-stone) for Paleolithic
- Agricolithic (farmer-stone) for Neolithic
A culture is characterized from its surviving tools and so these are not temporal markers but cultural ones.
In keeping with the etymology of Neolithic, if the distinction is between hunter/gatherer and farmer communities, I propose something like:
- Kynigolithic (hunter-stone) for Paleolithic
- Agricolithic (farmer-stone) for Neolithic
A culture is characterized from its surviving tools and so these are not temporal markers but cultural ones.