Archaic
"Archaic" is a generic adjective which can refer to many things.
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- In history and archaeology, it names an early period or archaeological culture preceding a 'classical period':
- The Archaic period in Greece (c.800–500 BCE)
- The Archaic stage in American archaeology
- The Archaic period in southeastern North America
- The Archaic period in ancient Egypt is more commonly called the Early Dynastic Period.
- In linguistics, it refers to an archaism
- List of archaic English words and their modern equivalents
- List of archaic musical instruments
The term "archaic" is usually used in non-archaeological contexts more generally, to describe anything that is old and no longer used:
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