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Badarian

American  
[buh-dahr-ee-uhn] / bəˈdɑr i ən /

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or belonging to the predynastic culture of Upper Egypt, 4100–3500 b.c., characterized by flint tools, stone axes, and pottery.

Etymology

Origin of Badarian

1920–25; after Badari, village in Upper Egypt, where the pottery was discovered; -an

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