(archaeology) , a timescale.
MIS 3 is used to refer to the period between 57 and 70 thousand years ago.
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(archaeology, US, usually capitalized) The prehistoric period intermediate between the earliest period (‘Paleo-Indian’, ‘Paleo-American’, ‘American‐paleolithic’, etc.) of human presence in the Western Hemisphere, and the most recent prehistoric period (‘Woodland’, etc.).
An instant of time.
A length of time.
A duration of time.
A period of time.