Natufian
English
Etymology
Coined by Dorothy Garrod after Wadi an-Natuf, the location of the Shuqba cave in West Bank where these people lived, + -ian.
Adjective
Natufian (not comparable)
- (archaeology, anthropology) Of, or relating to a Mesolithic-era hunter-gatherer people in the Mediterranean area around Levant, at about 13,000 to 11,000 BC.
Translations
relating to a Mesolithic-era people
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Noun
Natufian (plural Natufians)
- Someone of, or pertaining to, the Natufian culture.
Translations
someone of, or pertaining to, the Natufian culture
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