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ID: 300015683
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300015683

 

Record Type: concept
Magosian (Sub-Saharan African Second Intermediate Stone Age periods, prehistoric Sub-Saharan African periods, ... Styles and Periods (hierarchy name))

 

Note: Refers to an African stone tool-making culture dating from the Pleistocene Epoch and named for a site at Magosi, northern Uganda. It is characterized by an advanced Levallois technique that is employed to produce flakes that were used to manufacture other tools, pressure flaking to produce projectile points, and a punch technique to produce microlithic artifacts.
 
Terms:
Magosian (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,A)
馬戈斯文化 (C,U,Chinese (traditional)-P,D,U,U)
馬戈西文化 (C,U,Chinese (traditional),UF,U,U)
ma gē sī wén huà (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Hanyu Pinyin)-P,UF,U,U)
ma ge si wen hua (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Pinyin without tones)-P,UF,U,U)
ma ko ssu wen hua (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Wade-Giles)-P,UF,U,U)
Mangosien (C,U,Dutch-P,D,U,U)
Mangosiense (C,U,Spanish-P,D,U,U)

Facet/Hierarchy Code:  F.FL

Hierarchical Position:

Hierarchy of Styles and Periods Facet
Styles and Periods Facet
Hierarchy of Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)
.... Styles and Periods (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of <styles, periods, and cultures by region>
........ <styles, periods, and cultures by region> (G)
Hierarchy of African (general, continental cultures)
............ African (general, continental cultures) (G)
Hierarchy of prehistoric African
................ prehistoric African (G)
Hierarchy of prehistoric Sub-Saharan African periods
.................... prehistoric Sub-Saharan African periods (G)
Hierarchy of Sub-Saharan African Second Intermediate Stone Age periods
........................ Sub-Saharan African Second Intermediate Stone Age periods (G)
Hierarchy of Magosian
............................ Magosian (G)

Additional Notes:
Chinese (traditional) ..... 指非洲的石器製作文化,出現於更新世,以位於北烏干達馬戈西(Magosi)的遺跡命名。其特色為利用先進的勒瓦婁哇(Levallois)技術,生產石片以製作出其他工具,利用壓剝法製成投擲尖器,利用擊打技術製作小石器。 
Dutch ..... Verwijst naar een Afrikaanse cultuur waarin stenen werktuigen werden gemaakt, uit het pleistoceen en genoemd naar de archeologische vindplaats bij Magosi in het noorden van Oeganda. Kenmerkt zich door de geavanceerde levalloisien-techniek die werd gebruikt voor het vervaardigen van steensplinters waarmee andere gereedschappen werden gemaakt, zoals punten voor projectielen, en een ponstechniek voor het vervaardigen van microlithische voorwerpen. 
Spanish ..... Se refiere a una cultura fabricante de herramientas de piedra africana que data de la Época Pleistocena y que lleva el nombre de un sitio en Magosi, Uganda del norte. Se caracteriza por una avanzada técnica Levallois que se emplea para producir lascas que eran usadas para fabricar otras herramientas, escamillas para producir puntas de proyectil y una técnica de punzón para producir objetos microliticos. 

Sources and Contributors:
馬戈斯文化............  [AS-Academia Sinica Preferred]
..............  大英百科全書線上繁體中文版 January 17, 2012
馬戈西文化............  [AS-Academia Sinica]
..............  中國大百科全書智慧藏網 January 17, 2012
ma ge si wen hua............  [AS-Academia Sinica]
.............................  TELDAP database (2009-)
ma gē sī wén huà............  [AS-Academia Sinica]
.............................  TELDAP database (2009-)
Magosian............  [VP Preferred]
.................  Clark, Prehistory of Africa (1970) 163
.................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Magosian industry." Accessed 02/10/99.
.................  Hester, Introduction to Archaeology (1976) 172
ma ko ssu wen hua............  [AS-Academia Sinica]
................................  TELDAP database (2009-)
Mangosien............  [RKD, AAT-Ned Preferred]
....................  AAT-Ned (1994-)
....................  Grote Bosatlas (1988)
Mangosiense............  [CDBP-SNPC Preferred]
.......................  TAA database (2000-)
 
Subject: .....  [AS-Academia Sinica, CDBP-SNPC, RKD, AAT-Ned, VP]
............  Grote Bosatlas (1988)
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
.......... Clark, Prehistory of Africa (1970)
Chinese (traditional) .......... [AS-Academia Sinica]
.......... TELDAP database (2009-)
Dutch .......... [RKD, AAT-Ned]
.......... AAT-Ned (1994-)
.......... Grote Bosatlas (1988)
Spanish .......... [CDBP-SNPC]
.......... TAA database (2000-)

 

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