Natufian
/nɑːˈtuːfɪən/adjective
1- Archaeology of, relating to, or denoting a late Mesolithic culture of the Middle East, dated to about 12,500-10,000 years ago. It provides evidence for the first settled villages, and is characterized by the use of microliths and of bone for implements.【考古】（与）纳图夫文化（有关）的（指约12,500-10,000年前中东中石器时代后期一种文化, 提供了最早定居村落和用细石器和骨器为工具的证据）。
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- as noun the Natufian the Natufian culture or period纳图夫文化; 纳图夫时期。
词源
1930s: from Wadi an-Natuf, the type site （a cave north-west of Jerusalem）, + -IAN.