aceramic

adjective

ace·​ram·​ic (ˈ)ā-sə-ˈra-mik 

especially British -kə-

archaeology

: not producing, having, or including pottery

The asbestos ware had not yet spread to the northernmost part of Scandinavia where aceramic cultures still prevailed.

—Ari Siiriäinen, The Cambridge History of Scandanavia: Prehistory to 1520, 2003

aceramic deposits

Word History

Etymology

a- entry 2 + ceramic entry 1

First Known Use

1961, in the meaning defined above

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