Stillbay

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proper noun

A Middle Stone Age stone tool manufacturing style, first described from the site of Stilbaai (Still Bay) in South Africa.

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Meanings

proper noun

alternative Still Bay

  1. archaeologyA Middle Stone Age stone tool manufacturing style, first described from the site of Stilbaai (Still Bay) in South Africa.

Origin

Named by archaeologists A. J. H. Goodwin and C. van Riet Lowe in 1929.

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APA

Stillbay. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Stillbay

MLA

“Stillbay.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Stillbay. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Stillbay,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Stillbay.

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