What does pretraditional mean?
Pretraditional means Before the development of a tradition..
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Before the development of a tradition..
Three periods of occupation were brought to light in the investigations; a pretraditional epoch, marked by corrugated pottery; a traditional epoch, and a documentary epoch.
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Pretraditional means Before the development of a tradition..
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Three periods of occupation were brought to light in the investigations; a pretraditional epoch, marked by corrugated pottery; a traditional epoch, and a documentary epoch.
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