Associations to the word «Protohistory»

Wiktionary

PROTOHISTORY, noun. The period between prehistory and history, during which a culture or civilization has not yet developed writing, but other cultures have already noted its existence in their own writings.

Dictionary definition

PROTOHISTORY, noun. The study humans prior to the invention of writing.

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.