Abbevillianadj.n.

Brit.

/abˈvɪlɪən/,

/ˌabᵻˈvɪlɪən/, U.S.

/æbˈvɪljən/,

/ˌæbəˈvɪljən/,

/æbˈvɪliən/,

/ˌæbəˈvɪliən/

Forms: 1700s– Abbevillian, 1900s– Abbevillean.

Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: proper name Abbeville , -ian suffix.

Etymology: < Abbeville, the name of a commune in the Somme department of northern France, where the first artefacts identified as characteristic of this culture were found + -ian suffix. In use in archaeology after French Abbevillien (H. Breuil 1932, in Préhistoire 1 1125).With forms in -ean compare -ean suffix.

A. adj.

1. Of or relating to Abbeville or its inhabitants. Now rare.

ΚΠ

1783 Amer. Wanderer xix. 238 Such delicate samples of Abbevillian beauty did, I own, not a little heighten our regret at quitting this maiden town.

1928 Punch 15 Feb. 173/1 We were now confirmed in our supposition that the conception and laying-out of Le Square had been a venture of his hot youth, an expression of Abbevillian pride in himself and his station.

2. Archaeology. Designating a culture of the Lower Palaeolithic dated to about 700,000–500,000 years ago, characterized by the first appearance in Europe of crude hand axes and now often subsumed in, or treated as a phase of, the Acheulean; of or relating to this culture. Cf. Chellean adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the past > historical period > [adjective] > of prehistoric periods

prolepticala1646

ante-historical1724

ante-historic1828

lacustrine1830

palaeotherian1831

prehistoric1832

Siwalik1836

megalithic1839

subarctic1846

meta-historical1854

prehistorical1854

lithic1862

protolithic1863

Archaeolithic1865

lacustrian1865

Palaeolithic1865

Mesolithic1866

Hallstatt1869

microlithic1872

palaeocosmic1875

Silurian1875

Miolithic1877

archilithic1879

eneolithic1886

palaeolithical1887

Solutrian1888

eolithic1890

Hallstattian1893

Chellean1894

pre-Palaeolithic1894

palaeolithoid1896

protolithic1896

Siculian1896

Siculic1896

Azilian1899

Acheulean1901

Villanova1901

chalcolithic1902

sub-Neolithic1903

Mesvinian1905

protoneolithic1906

Sicanian1909

Siculan1909

Aurignacian1914

Getulian1914

Châtelperron1915

epipalaeolithic1921

Creswellian1926

Capsian1928

Villanovan1928

Chelleo-Acheulean1930

Abbevillian1934

Swiderian1936

dryas1946

Shamvaian1947

Mazovian1965

Devensian1968

talayotic1974

1928 G. B. Brown Art of Cave Dweller ii. 36 The so-called early ‘drift’ period is generally called the ‘Chelles’ period..though in honour to Boucher de Perthes it might well have been named after Abbeville.]

1934 L. S. B. Leakey Adam's Ancestors v. 101 L' Abbé Breuil..has suggested the substitution of the name Abbevillian for Chellean, since Chelles from which the latter name is derived is not a Chellean site.

1970 D. Roe Prehistory ii. 49 Nor is there much reliable evidence for an Abbevillian stage in England.

1983 Hist. Archaeol. 17 32/2 Witthoft..postulated that the Common European gunflint of the mid-17th century should have been the Abbevillean or bifacially flaked form.

2000 B. P. Kooyman Understanding Stone Tools & Archaeol. Sites vi. 71/2 The early Abbevillian handaxes probably date to about 500,000 B.P.

B. n.

†1. A native or inhabitant of Abbeville. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1863 All Year Round 24 Jan. 472/2 Two of our men who went out the morning after the Abbevillian was slain, were seized and beaten most unmercifully.

2. Archaeology. With the. The Abbevillian culture.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the past > historical period > [noun] > prehistoric periods

dark ages1842

Iron Age1845

iron period1847

stone period1849

lithic age1862

Aurignac1863

stone age1864

three ages1866

Palaeolithic1869

Middle Stone Age1870

prehistory1871

stone era1873

Siwalik1877

Neolithic1878

hemera1893

Mesvinian1909

Mesolithic1931

Abbevillian1937

Devensian1968

Creswellian1969

dryas1975

1937 Discovery June 179/2 The Sinanthropus [industry]..belongs to the Lower Pleistocene and is attributed to the Abbevillean in the French palæolithic sequence.

1947 J. Hawkes & C. Hawkes Prehist. Brit. i. 12 Contemporary with the earliest Abbevillian was the Cromer flake culture.

2004 R. K. Pruthi Prehist. & Harappan Civilization vii. 100 The technical stages of two series of tools from the Boulder Conglomerate have been described in European terminology as representing the Abbevillian and the earliest Acheulian.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	abbevillian
释义	Abbevillianadj.n. Brit. /abˈvɪlɪən/, /ˌabᵻˈvɪlɪən/, U.S. /æbˈvɪljən/, /ˌæbəˈvɪljən/, /æbˈvɪliən/, /ˌæbəˈvɪliən/ Forms: 1700s– Abbevillian, 1900s– Abbevillean. Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: proper name Abbeville , -ian suffix. Etymology: < Abbeville, the name of a commune in the Somme department of northern France, where the first artefacts identified as characteristic of this culture were found + -ian suffix. In use in archaeology after French Abbevillien (H. Breuil 1932, in Préhistoire 1 1125).With forms in -ean compare -ean suffix. A. adj. 1. Of or relating to Abbeville or its inhabitants. Now rare. ΚΠ 1783 Amer. Wanderer xix. 238 Such delicate samples of Abbevillian beauty did, I own, not a little heighten our regret at quitting this maiden town. 1928 Punch 15 Feb. 173/1 We were now confirmed in our supposition that the conception and laying-out of Le Square had been a venture of his hot youth, an expression of Abbevillian pride in himself and his station. 2. Archaeology. Designating a culture of the Lower Palaeolithic dated to about 700,000–500,000 years ago, characterized by the first appearance in Europe of crude hand axes and now often subsumed in, or treated as a phase of, the Acheulean; of or relating to this culture. Cf. Chellean adj. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > historical period > [adjective] > of prehistoric periods prolepticala1646 ante-historical1724 ante-historic1828 lacustrine1830 palaeotherian1831 prehistoric1832 Siwalik1836 megalithic1839 subarctic1846 meta-historical1854 prehistorical1854 lithic1862 protolithic1863 Archaeolithic1865 lacustrian1865 Palaeolithic1865 Mesolithic1866 Hallstatt1869 microlithic1872 palaeocosmic1875 Silurian1875 Miolithic1877 archilithic1879 eneolithic1886 palaeolithical1887 Solutrian1888 eolithic1890 Hallstattian1893 Chellean1894 pre-Palaeolithic1894 palaeolithoid1896 protolithic1896 Siculian1896 Siculic1896 Azilian1899 Acheulean1901 Villanova1901 chalcolithic1902 sub-Neolithic1903 Mesvinian1905 protoneolithic1906 Sicanian1909 Siculan1909 Aurignacian1914 Getulian1914 Châtelperron1915 epipalaeolithic1921 Creswellian1926 Capsian1928 Villanovan1928 Chelleo-Acheulean1930 Abbevillian1934 Swiderian1936 dryas1946 Shamvaian1947 Mazovian1965 Devensian1968 talayotic1974 1928 G. B. Brown Art of Cave Dweller ii. 36 The so-called early ‘drift’ period is generally called the ‘Chelles’ period..though in honour to Boucher de Perthes it might well have been named after Abbeville.] 1934 L. S. B. Leakey Adam's Ancestors v. 101 L' Abbé Breuil..has suggested the substitution of the name Abbevillian for Chellean, since Chelles from which the latter name is derived is not a Chellean site. 1970 D. Roe Prehistory ii. 49 Nor is there much reliable evidence for an Abbevillian stage in England. 1983 Hist. Archaeol. 17 32/2 Witthoft..postulated that the Common European gunflint of the mid-17th century should have been the Abbevillean or bifacially flaked form. 2000 B. P. Kooyman Understanding Stone Tools & Archaeol. Sites vi. 71/2 The early Abbevillian handaxes probably date to about 500,000 B.P. B. n. †1. A native or inhabitant of Abbeville. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1863 All Year Round 24 Jan. 472/2 Two of our men who went out the morning after the Abbevillian was slain, were seized and beaten most unmercifully. 2. Archaeology. With the. The Abbevillian culture. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > historical period > [noun] > prehistoric periods dark ages1842 Iron Age1845 iron period1847 stone period1849 lithic age1862 Aurignac1863 stone age1864 three ages1866 Palaeolithic1869 Middle Stone Age1870 prehistory1871 stone era1873 Siwalik1877 Neolithic1878 hemera1893 Mesvinian1909 Mesolithic1931 Abbevillian1937 Devensian1968 Creswellian1969 dryas1975 1937 Discovery June 179/2 The Sinanthropus [industry]..belongs to the Lower Pleistocene and is attributed to the Abbevillean in the French palæolithic sequence. 1947 J. Hawkes & C. Hawkes Prehist. Brit. i. 12 Contemporary with the earliest Abbevillian was the Cromer flake culture. 2004 R. K. Pruthi Prehist. & Harappan Civilization vii. 100 The technical stages of two series of tools from the Boulder Conglomerate have been described in European terminology as representing the Abbevillian and the earliest Acheulian. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.n.1783
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