Oldowanadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈɒldəwən/, U.S.

/ˈɑldəwən/

Forms: 1900s– Oldovan (rare), 1900s– Oldowan, 1900s– Olduwan.

Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Oldoway , -an suffix.

Etymology: < the name of the Oldoway (now Olduvai) Gorge in Tanzania ( < Masai ol-dupai sansevieria, a plant which abounds at the Gorge) + -an suffix.The name is attested as Ol-dowai (1914) during the period of German rule, subsequently as Oldoway , and from the 1930s, Olduvai . It has been suggested that the Leakeys, in the early days of research at the Gorge (compare quot. 1934 at sense A.), adopted the spelling Oldoway, hence contributing to the dominant preference for the form Oldowan over the other forms.

A. adj.

Designating or belonging to a Lower Palaeolithic culture of Africa dated to about 2.6 to 1.0 million years ago, characterized by crude stone tools associated chiefly with Homo habilis.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > a civilization or culture > [adjective] > specific prehistoric

Bronze Age1863

Iron Age1868

Cromerian1922

Olmecan1929

Ahrensburg1931

Ghassulian1931

Yuma1932

Dorset1933

Oldowan1934

Cortaillod1940

Clovis1943

Olmec1943

Ahrensburgian1950

Ubaid1952

Olmecoid1956

pre-Clovis1962

Lapita1971

1934 L. S. B. Leakey Adam's Ancestors v. 104 In the Kanam deposits we find examples of a culture which has been given the name of Oldowan. This name is derived from Oldoway, the site where this culture was first recognized.

1959 Sunday Times 11 Oct. 5/3 Dr. and Mrs. Leakey unearthed several stone Oldowan tools of quartzite.

1961 Nature 29 July 478/1 Faunal remains and culture material of the Olduwan culture.

1964 K. P. Oakley Frameworks for dating Fossil Man iv. 172 The oldest known artifacts in the world are the Oldowan pebble-tools.

1981 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 292 14 This surface can be extended to Olduvai Gorge, bed I. Indeed, it can be named the Olduwan Industrial Complex Surface.

1989 J. C. Eccles Evol. Brain ii. 25 At the lowest level were Oldovan tools of Homo habilis.

1992 Sci. Amer. Oct. 76/1 Oldowan hominids may have created a scavenging niche that can account both for the earliest assemblages of tools and large mammal bones.

1996 M. D. Russell Sparrow xxvii. 309 By early afternoon, they were as happy and relaxed as a prehistoric band of Olduwan hunters.

B. n.

With the. The Oldowan culture.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > a civilization or culture > [noun] > specific Palaeolithic cultures

Capsian1915

Audi1921

Levallois1921

Magdalenian1926

Micoquian1926

Solutrian1928

Gravettian1938

Patjitanian1938

Oldowan1968

1968 Jrnl. Afr. Hist. 9 479 She now considers that the Oldowan was not the direct ancestor of the Olduvai Acheulian.

1985 World Archaeol. 17 44 The Acheulian at Olduvai was ‘more complex’ technologically than the preceding Oldowan.

1992 Cambr. Encycl. Human Evol. (1994) ix. v. 351/1 By about 1.5 million years ago some variants of the Oldowan are more refined.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	oldowan
释义	Oldowanadj.n. Brit. /ˈɒldəwən/, U.S. /ˈɑldəwən/ Forms: 1900s– Oldovan (rare), 1900s– Oldowan, 1900s– Olduwan. Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Oldoway , -an suffix. Etymology: < the name of the Oldoway (now Olduvai) Gorge in Tanzania ( < Masai ol-dupai sansevieria, a plant which abounds at the Gorge) + -an suffix.The name is attested as Ol-dowai (1914) during the period of German rule, subsequently as Oldoway , and from the 1930s, Olduvai . It has been suggested that the Leakeys, in the early days of research at the Gorge (compare quot. 1934 at sense A.), adopted the spelling Oldoway, hence contributing to the dominant preference for the form Oldowan over the other forms. A. adj. Designating or belonging to a Lower Palaeolithic culture of Africa dated to about 2.6 to 1.0 million years ago, characterized by crude stone tools associated chiefly with Homo habilis. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > a civilization or culture > [adjective] > specific prehistoric Bronze Age1863 Iron Age1868 Cromerian1922 Olmecan1929 Ahrensburg1931 Ghassulian1931 Yuma1932 Dorset1933 Oldowan1934 Cortaillod1940 Clovis1943 Olmec1943 Ahrensburgian1950 Ubaid1952 Olmecoid1956 pre-Clovis1962 Lapita1971 1934 L. S. B. Leakey Adam's Ancestors v. 104 In the Kanam deposits we find examples of a culture which has been given the name of Oldowan. This name is derived from Oldoway, the site where this culture was first recognized. 1959 Sunday Times 11 Oct. 5/3 Dr. and Mrs. Leakey unearthed several stone Oldowan tools of quartzite. 1961 Nature 29 July 478/1 Faunal remains and culture material of the Olduwan culture. 1964 K. P. Oakley Frameworks for dating Fossil Man iv. 172 The oldest known artifacts in the world are the Oldowan pebble-tools. 1981 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 292 14 This surface can be extended to Olduvai Gorge, bed I. Indeed, it can be named the Olduwan Industrial Complex Surface. 1989 J. C. Eccles Evol. Brain ii. 25 At the lowest level were Oldovan tools of Homo habilis. 1992 Sci. Amer. Oct. 76/1 Oldowan hominids may have created a scavenging niche that can account both for the earliest assemblages of tools and large mammal bones. 1996 M. D. Russell Sparrow xxvii. 309 By early afternoon, they were as happy and relaxed as a prehistoric band of Olduwan hunters. B. n. With the. The Oldowan culture. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > a civilization or culture > [noun] > specific Palaeolithic cultures Capsian1915 Audi1921 Levallois1921 Magdalenian1926 Micoquian1926 Solutrian1928 Gravettian1938 Patjitanian1938 Oldowan1968 1968 Jrnl. Afr. Hist. 9 479 She now considers that the Oldowan was not the direct ancestor of the Olduvai Acheulian. 1985 World Archaeol. 17 44 The Acheulian at Olduvai was ‘more complex’ technologically than the preceding Oldowan. 1992 Cambr. Encycl. Human Evol. (1994) ix. v. 351/1 By about 1.5 million years ago some variants of the Oldowan are more refined. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1934
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