of or pertaining to an Epipaleolithic culture of northwestern Africa that preceded the Capsian culture and was once erroneously thought to have originated in southwestern Europe; characterized by the use of backed bladelets, occupation of the maritime plain, and the hunting of the Barbary sheep
Word origin
[‹ F ibéromaurusien (1909), equiv. to ibér(ique) Iberian + -o--o- + L Maurūs(ius) pertaining to Mauretania (akin to Maurus; see Moor) + -ien-ian]