Oldowan

a. 奥尔德沃文化的(东非旧石器时代的文化之一,以简单的石制砍砸器、刮削器为特征)

词形变化

Oldowans 复数 Oldowans

别名

Olduwan

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A member of the prehistoric culture that made these stone tools.

adj.
  1. 1.

    Belonging to the earliest widespread stone-tool archaeological industry in prehistory.

词源

From Maasai Olduvai, from the site of Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania, where the first Oldowan lithics were discovered in the 1930s.

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