English Explanatory Dictionary

Ishango bone

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A bone tool, dated to the Upper Paleolithic era, known for a series of what has been interpreted as tally marks carved in three columns running the length of the tool.

Word forms

Ishango bone the Ishango bone
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