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/ˈtɛk.tɪ.fɔːm/ · adjective
(biology, anthropology) Roof-shaped; sloping downwards on two sides from a raised central ridge..
1924, American Anthropologist, Volume 26, New Series, page 48, The tectiforms reproduce in a remarkable manner the simple shelters, tents, and huts in use today among primitive and nomadic races in various parts of the world.
Because of their composition and the coexistence in them of meanders and tectiforms they differ from chimpanzee drawings, which are in many other ways a comparable phenomenon.
Inclusion of both ideomorphs and tectiforms as proto-art, and adaptation of the images to the natural textures of the rock surfaces as proto-cinema, suggests that the need to animate and annotate go beyond mere literal representation.
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Tectiform means (biology, anthropology) Roof-shaped; sloping downwards on two sides from a raised central ridge..
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1924, American Anthropologist, Volume 26, New Series, page 48, The tectiforms reproduce in a remarkable manner the simple shelters, tents, and huts in use today among primitive and nomadic races in various parts of the world.
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