Badarian

Badarian
/beuh dahr"ee euhn/, adj.
of, pertaining to, or belonging to the predynastic culture of Upper Egypt, 4100-3500 B.C., characterized by flint tools, stone axes, and pottery.
[1920-25; after Badari, village in Upper Egypt, where the pottery was discovered; see -AN]

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