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Ishango bone

Ishango bone proper noun: a bone tool, dated to the Upper Paleolithic era, known for a series of what has been interpreted as tally marks carved in three columns running the length of the tool.

Proper noun

the Ishango bone

  1. A bone tool, dated to the Upper Paleolithic era, known for a series of what has been interpreted as tally marks carved in three columns running the length of the tool.

Questions about Ishango bone

What does Ishango bone mean?
Ishango bone means a bone tool, dated to the Upper Paleolithic era, known for a series of what has been interpreted as tally marks carved in three columns running the length of the tool.
What part of speech is Ishango bone?
Ishango bone is a proper noun.

Words near Ishango bone in the dictionary

  1. Ishaks
  2. Isham
  3. Ishams
  4. ishan
  5. Ishango
  6. Ishango bone
  7. Ishani
  8. ishans
  9. Ishaq
  10. ishas
  11. Ishbel

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