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单词 natufian
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Natufiann.adj.

Brit. /nəˈtuːfɪən/, U.S. /nəˈtufiən/
Forms: also with lower-case initial.
Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Naṭūf , -ian suffix.
Etymology: < the name of Wādī al-Naṭūf, a valley north-west of Jerusalem, where the type-site of this culture was discovered by Prof. D. Garrod (see quots. 1931 at sense A. 1 and 1932 at sense B.) + -ian suffix.
Archaeology.
A. n.
1. With the. A Mesolithic or Epipalaeolithic culture of south-west Asia, represented especially well in Israel, Jordan, and elsewhere in the Levant.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > a civilization or culture > [noun] > specific Mesolithic culture
Maglemose1915
Maglemosian1921
Ertebølle1927
Natufian1931
Swiderian1936
Larnian1940
Obanian1942
Mazovian1976
1931 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 61 518 Miss Garrod read her paper on ‘A new mesolithic industry: the Natufian of Palestine’.
1989 Nature 29 June 665/3 Cultivation of cereals began in the early natufian, in the eleventh millennium bc.
2. A member of the Natufian people.
ΚΠ
1949 W. F. Albright Archaeol. Palestine iii. 61 The Natufians were still essentially food-gatherers, in spite of their discovery of the cultivation of grain.
1960 K. M. Kenyon Archaeol. in Holy Land ii. 36 The Natufians of Mount Carmel, and of rock-shelters on the eastern and western slopes of the Judaean hills, lived mainly by hunting.
2001 Daily Tel. 26 Jan. 12/3 The prehistoric hunting and gathering Natufians of south-west Asia were drastically affected by sudden, prolonged and intense temperature and rainfall changes.
B. adj.
Designating, relating to, or belonging to this culture or period.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > a civilization or culture > [adjective] > specific Palaeolithic
Mousterian1876
Magdalenian1885
Mesvinian1905
Strepyan1910
Micoquian1926
Aterian1928
Sangoan1931
Clactonian1932
Grimaldian1932
Levalloisean1932
Natufian1932
Perigordian1936
Gravettian1940
Patjitanian1943
Mousterioid1946
Mousteroid1950
1932 D. A. E. Garrod in Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 62 266 All these constructions were covered by the undisturbed Lower Natufian deposit.
1949 W. F. Albright Archaeol. Palestine iii. 59 Among large flint artifacts the most noteworthy are sickle-blades and ‘picks’, which point to the agricultural character of Natufian culture.
1970 W. Bray & D. Trump Dict. Archaeol. 159/1 The shrine at the base of the Tell at Jericho was built during the early Natufian phase.
2000 A. M. T. Moore et al. Village on Euphrates 184 The most numerous objects are the grinding dishes, a type rare on Natufian sites where mortars and pestles predominated.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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