Natufian

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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)

  1. (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.

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Noun

Natufian (plural Natufians)

  1. A member of the Natufian culture.

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