Oldowan

English

Etymology

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

Adjective

Oldowan (not comparable)

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

Translations

Translations

• Italian: olduvaiano (it)
• Russian: олдува́йский (olduvájskij)

Noun

Oldowan (plural Oldowans)

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