| 单词 |
Elmenteitan |
| 释义 |
Elmenteitan, a.|ɛlmɛnˈteɪtən|
[f. Elmenteita, a lake in Central Kenya + -an.]
Of, or relating to, the mesolithic culture which belongs to the Makalian wet phase, and which was found in deposits of the East African lake Elmenteita by Dr. L. S. B. Leakey in 1927. Also as n., a member of this culture; the culture itself.
1929L. S. B. Leakey in S. Afr. Jrnl. Sci. XXVI. 754 The Elmenteitan. This is a localised development from the Upper Kenyan Aurignacian in Makalian times. It has no exact parallel in Europe, but has close affinities with the Magdalenian. 1931― Stone Age Cultures Kenya Colony viii. 172 The Elmenteitan culture certainly represents a very late and aberrant development of the upper Kenya Aurignacian culture. 1939C. S. Coon Races of Europe iv. 85 The East African Elmenteitans represent..a gerontomorphic or sexually differentiated Mediterranean or Galley Hill form, and in cranial features [are] closer to Galley Hill itself than any other branch. 1964K. P. Oakley Framework for dating Fossil Man ii. 268 The Elmenteitan was named after Lake Elmenteita, for the typical occurrence is in Gamble's Cave which is close to the lake. |
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