protohistory

/P R OW0 T OW0 HH IH1 S T ER0 IY0/
noun
  1. 1

    (archaeology, history) 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.

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