Archaic
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Archaic may refer to a period of time preceding a "classical period":
Archaic may also refer to:
- List of archaeological periods
- Archaic Greece
- Archaic period in the Americas
- Early Dynastic Period of EgyptEarly Dynastic Period of EgyptThe Archaic or Early Dynastic Period of Egypt immediately follows the unification of Lower and Upper Egypt c. 3100 BC. It is generally taken to include the First and Second Dynasties, lasting from the Protodynastic Period of Egypt until about 2686 BC, or the beginning of the Old Kingdom...
- Archaic Homo sapiensArchaic Homo sapiensArchaic Homo sapiens is a loosely defined term used to describe a number of varieties of Homo, as opposed to anatomically modern humans , in the period beginning 500,000 years ago....
, people who lived about 300,000 to 30,000 B.P. (this is far earlier than the archaeological definition) - ArchaismArchaismIn language, an archaism is the use of a form of speech or writing that is no longer current. This can either be done deliberately or as part of a specific jargon or formula...
, the use of a form of speech or writing that is no longer current - Archaic language, preserving features that are no longer present in languages of the same familyLanguage familyA language family is a group of languages related through descent from a common ancestor, called the proto-language of that family. The term 'family' comes from the tree model of language origination in historical linguistics, which makes use of a metaphor comparing languages to people in a...
- List of archaic musical instruments
- Archaic Latin (also called Old Latin or Early Latin), Latin language up to about 75 BC
Archaic may also refer to:
- Archaic (comics)Archaic (comics)Archaic is an American comic book series created by writer James Abrams and artist Brett Marting. The series is published through Fenickx Productions LLC and saw its debut at the 2005 Comic-Con International in San Diego. The comic itself is an epic fantasy adventure containing many references to...
, a comic-book series created by writer James Abrams and artist Brett Marting - Archaic (band)