Badarian

Ba·da·ri·an

[buh-dahr-ee-uhn]
adjective
of, pertaining to, or belonging to the predynastic culture of Upper Egypt, 4100–3500 b.c., characterized by flint tools, stone axes, and pottery.

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

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