Urewe

American

[oo-rey-wey] / ʊˈreɪ weɪ /

adjective

Archaeology.

of or relating to an early Iron Age pottery tradition of central Africa beginning in the second half of the first millennium b.c. and associated with the spread of ironworking and possibly cattle raising and the Bantu language.

Etymology

Origin of Urewe

After the type site in Kenya, near the NE shore of Lake Victoria

Example Sentences

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The Urewe also produced the earliest East African Iron Age pottery, called Urewe ware.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

Kwale ware appears to be an offshoot of the earlier Urewe ware and dates to the Early Iron Age, around the third century.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

It was likely from the Urewe that the Bantu learned the iron-forging techniques that enabled them to later produce carbon steel.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

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