pre-Clovisadj.

Brit.

/priːˈkləʊvɪs/, U.S.

/priˈkloʊvəs/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pre- prefix, Clovis n.

Etymology: < pre- prefix + Clovis n.

Archaeology.

Designating or relating to any of a number of proposed prehistoric cultures prior to Clovis culture (see Clovis n.).Remains believed to support the existence of this culture have been found at a number of sites, principally Meadowcroft Rockshelter in Pennsylvania and Monte Verde in Chile.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > a civilization or culture > [adjective] > specific prehistoric

Bronze Age1863

Iron Age1868

Cromerian1922

Olmecan1929

Ahrensburg1931

Ghassulian1931

Yuma1932

Dorset1933

Oldowan1934

Cortaillod1940

Clovis1943

Olmec1943

Ahrensburgian1950

Ubaid1952

Olmecoid1956

pre-Clovis1962

Lapita1971

1962 Current Anthropol. 3 246 We cannot resolve the difficult question of pre-Clovis occupation of the New World except to say that the confinement of the widespread fluted point to the Western Hemisphere does demand an antecedent American occupation somewhere.

1990 Science 27 Apr. 439/1 It's time to acknowledge that we do have a pre-Clovis culture in the New World.

1995 New Scientist 24 June 31/2 Over the past 60 years, and increasingly in the past 30, there have been scores of claims for pre-Clovis sites in the Americas. But virtually all have failed.

2004 Greensville (S. Carolina) News 18 Nov. 18 Pre-Clovis sites in America have been found in Pennsylvania, Oklahoma and Virginia that have suggested human settlement thousands of years earlier than the Clovis period.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pre-clovis
释义	pre-Clovisadj. Brit. /priːˈkləʊvɪs/, U.S. /priˈkloʊvəs/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pre- prefix, Clovis n. Etymology: < pre- prefix + Clovis n. Archaeology. Designating or relating to any of a number of proposed prehistoric cultures prior to Clovis culture (see Clovis n.).Remains believed to support the existence of this culture have been found at a number of sites, principally Meadowcroft Rockshelter in Pennsylvania and Monte Verde in Chile. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > a civilization or culture > [adjective] > specific prehistoric Bronze Age1863 Iron Age1868 Cromerian1922 Olmecan1929 Ahrensburg1931 Ghassulian1931 Yuma1932 Dorset1933 Oldowan1934 Cortaillod1940 Clovis1943 Olmec1943 Ahrensburgian1950 Ubaid1952 Olmecoid1956 pre-Clovis1962 Lapita1971 1962 Current Anthropol. 3 246 We cannot resolve the difficult question of pre-Clovis occupation of the New World except to say that the confinement of the widespread fluted point to the Western Hemisphere does demand an antecedent American occupation somewhere. 1990 Science 27 Apr. 439/1 It's time to acknowledge that we do have a pre-Clovis culture in the New World. 1995 New Scientist 24 June 31/2 Over the past 60 years, and increasingly in the past 30, there have been scores of claims for pre-Clovis sites in the Americas. But virtually all have failed. 2004 Greensville (S. Carolina) News 18 Nov. 18 Pre-Clovis sites in America have been found in Pennsylvania, Oklahoma and Virginia that have suggested human settlement thousands of years earlier than the Clovis period. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1962
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