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Sebilian, a. (and n.) Archæol.|sɪˈbɪlɪən|
[ad. F. Sébilien (E. Vignard 1923, in Bull. de l'Institut Franç. d'Archéol. Orientale XXII. 3), f. the name of Sebil, a village in Upper Egypt: see -ian.]
Of or pertaining to an Upper Palæolithic and Mesolithic culture of Upper Egypt; also ellipt. as n.
1932Antiquity VI. 193 In the Nile Valley some rather peculiar industries, probably allied to the Aurignacian, are called Sébilian. 1936L. S. B. Leakey Stone Age Afr. x. 193 In North Africa at Sebil, the Early Sebilian gradually evolves by way of a Middle Sebilian into a true Microlithic stage known as the Upper Sebilian. 1952V. G. Childe New Light Most Anc. East iii. 32 The stage intermediate between the food-gathering culture of Sebilian hunters and the settled agriculture of the oldest sedentary inhabitants of Egypt. 1969Coles & Higgs Archaeol. Early Man ii. xiii. 196 The later stages of the Sebilian material contain microlithic forms, and one associated with aurochs, buffalo and shell middens. Suggested dates for the Sebilian industries range from c. 16,000 to 11,000 B.P. 1976Sci. Amer. Aug. 34/1 A fourth industry, the Sebilian..is found at Kom Ombo. |