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Natufian

adj · noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Topics: anthropology, archaeology, history, human-sciences, sciences

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noun

Meaning 2

A member of the Natufian culture.

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History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

5 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • French: natoufien — relating to a Mesolithic-era people
  • Greek: Νατούφιος (Natoúfios) — relating to a Mesolithic-era people
  • French: Natoufien — member of the Natufian culture
  • French: Natoufienne — member of the Natufian culture
  • Greek: Νατούφιος (Natoúfios) — member of the Natufian culture