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Natufian

Natufian adjective: of, or relating to a Mesolithic-era hunter-gatherer people in the Mediterranean area around Levant, at about 13,000 to 11,000 BC.

Adjective

Natufian (not comparable)

  1. Of, or relating to a Mesolithic-era hunter-gatherer people in the Mediterranean area around Levant, at about 13,000 to 11,000 BC.

Noun

Natufian (plural Natufians)

  1. A member of the Natufian culture.

Forms of Natufian

pluralNatufians

Origin of Natufian

Coined by Dorothy Garrod after Wadi an-Natuf, the location of the Shuqba cave in West Bank where these people lived, + -ian.

Questions about Natufian

What does Natufian mean?
Natufian means of, or relating to a Mesolithic-era hunter-gatherer people in the Mediterranean area around Levant, at about 13,000 to 11,000 BC.
What part of speech is Natufian?
Natufian can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near Natufian in the dictionary

  1. Natty Bohs
  2. Natty Bos
  3. nattō
  4. natuer
  5. natuers
  6. Natufian
  7. Natufians
  8. naturable
  9. natural
  10. natural astrology
  11. natural birth

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