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What is the noun for prehistories?

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prehistory
  1. (properly) History before written records, inclusive of both
    1. The time before written records in any area of the world; the events and conditions of those times.
    2. The study of those times.
  2. (humorous) Any past time (even recent) treated as such a distant, unknowable era.
  3. (often as pre-history) The history leading up to some event, condition, etc.
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  5. Examples:
    1. “The busy prehistory is known rather than seen in the shadow remnants of dikes and earthworks.”
      “Archeological findings have placed knowledge of Iranian prehistory at middle Paleolithic times.”
      “Childe really saw that you couldn't write European prehistory on its own and in isolation.”
prehistorian
  1. A student of, or expert in prehistory
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The French prehistorian AbbĂ© Henri Breuil was elected the first president and Dr Robert Broom of South Africa the first vice-president.”
      “According to a prehistorian at Cambridge University, the numerous Mesolithic shell middens found around the Irish coastline represent the remains of communal banquets.”
      “What the palaeontologist does for zoology, the prehistorian does for anthropology.”
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