Oldowan

English

Etymology

From Maasai Olduvai, from the site of Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania, where the first Oldowan lithics were discovered in the 1930s. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Adjective

Oldowan (not comparable)

  1. (archaeology) Belonging to the earliest widespread stone-tool archaeological industry in prehistory.

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Noun

Oldowan (plural Oldowans)

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