Stillbay

adjective

Still·​bay

ˈstilˌbā

: of or belonging to a Middle Pleistocene culture of East Africa and Cape Province characterized by flake tools and weapons resembling Mousterian and Solutrian types

Word History

Etymology

Still Bay, southern coast of Cape Province, South Africa

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