Any period in the past for which there is no contemporary written historical evidence
period of time before written records; in Florida this is considered to be prior to the time of Spanish contact in the early 16th century
Prehistory is the time in history before any information was written down. the time in history before anything was written down
{i} period before written records, time before the advent of historical documentation
the time during the development of human culture before the appearance of the written word
That part of the past beginning with the emergence of human beings and continuing until the introduction of written records Prehistory begins and ends at different times in different parts of the world For example, in Australia prehistory begins with the first human arrivals during the Upper or late Pleistocene, and continues until the time of European colonization