Tahunianadj.

1936 J. Garstang in Annals Archaeol. & Anthropol. XXII. 168 There seems to be no doubt that we are in the presence of a distinctive culture of the neolithic period. Whether it will be classed finally as Tahunian II is a matter for experts; meanwhile, as the Tahunian specimens are surface finds..we propose the more descriptive title ‘Neo-Tahunian’.

1949 W. F. Albright Archaeol. Palestine iii. 62 If we allow the Tahunian a time spread of between one and two thousand years (say about 6000–4500 b.c.) it would have been roughly contemporary with the late Maglemosean.

1952 V. G. Childe New Light on Most Anc. East xi. 225 By 1934 assemblages of flints from caves..had enabled Neuville to define a ‘Tahunian’ industry which could be classified as Neolithic.

1960 K. M. Kenyon Archaeol. in Holy Land ii. 46 The flint industry which has for long been accepted as the classic Neolithic industry of Palestine is called the Tahunian.

1961 G. Clark World Prehist. iv. 82 The lithic industry in the upper Jericho level, with its pressure-flaked tanged arrowheads..compares closely with that of the Tahounian.

1977 G. Clark World Prehist. (ed. 3) ii. 51 The Tahunian lithic component shows marked continuity, but one notable innovation in the form of flake arrows with side-notches.