Micoquianadj.n.
/mɪˈkəʊkɪən/, /mɪˈkɒkɪən/, U.S. /miˈkoʊkiən/, /miˈkɑkiən/ Archaeology.
A. adj.
Of, relating to, or designating a late stage of the Acheulean culture of central and western Europe, illustrated by remains, esp. fine pointed hand-axes, found at La Micoque.
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society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > a civilization or culture > [adjective] > specific Palaeolithic
Mousterian1876
Magdalenian1885
Mesvinian1905
Strepyan1910
Micoquian1926
Aterian1928
Sangoan1931
Clactonian1932
Grimaldian1932
Levalloisean1932
Natufian1932
Perigordian1936
Gravettian1940
Patjitanian1943
Mousterioid1946
Mousteroid1950
1926 Man 26 178 Several Micoquian pieces have been found at Wolvercote near Oxford.
1937 D. A. E. Garrod & D. M. A. Bate Stone Age Mt. Carmel I. 120 Well-made Micoquian hand-axes.
1945 Proc. Prehistoric Soc. 11 21 The Summertown terrace gravels were deposited contemporaneously with the Upper Acheulian or Micoquian culture stage.
1946 F. E. Zeuner Dating Past vi. 173 From the base of the Younger Loess I, a Micoquian handaxe was recovered.
1957 Encycl. Brit. II. 539/2 Some pieces belonging to the Micoquian..industry were excavated in 1937 in the terraces of the stream of Cubuksuyu at Etiyokusu near Ankara.
1992 Ann. Rev. Anthropol. 21 545 In Central Europe, the German site of Bocksteinschmiede has yielded two possible gouged pendants..associated with a Micoquian..or late Mousterian industry.
B. n.
The Micoquian culture. Usually with the.
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society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > a civilization or culture > [noun] > specific Palaeolithic cultures
Capsian1915
Audi1921
Levallois1921
Magdalenian1926
Micoquian1926
Solutrian1928
Gravettian1938
Patjitanian1938
Oldowan1968
1926 Man 26 178 The evidence for the age of the Micoquian is, therefore, the same as at Cambridge and in France.
1937 D. A. E. Garrod & D. M. A. Bate Stone Age Mt. Carmel I. 120 By far the most instructive site for comparison..is La Micoque, type-station of the Tayacian and the Micoquian.
1946 F. E. Zeuner Dating Past vi. 195 A new stage of the Acheulian cannot be recognized clearly before the advent of the Micoquian.
1957 Encycl. Brit. II. 238/2 The Micoquian, or Final Acheulean, is characterized by elongated hand axes.
1983 Current Anthropol. 24 236 For Moravia, we now have a new sample of dates for the Mousterian (Central European Micoquian).
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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