1930s; earliest use found in Gordon Childe (1892–1957), prehistorian and labour theorist. From the name of Oran, a city on the north coast of Algeria + -ian.
Definition of Oranian in US English:
Oranian
noun
Anthropology Archaeology
= "Ibero-Maurusian [noun]".
Origin
1930s; earliest use found in Gordon Childe (1892–1957), prehistorian and labour theorist. From the name of Oran, a city on the north coast of Algeria + -ian.