Solutrean


So·lu·tre·an

also So·lu·tri·an S0553400 (sə-lo͞o′trē-ən)adj. Of or relating to the Old World Upper Paleolithic culture that succeeded the Aurignacian and was characterized by new stone implements and stylized symbolic forms of art.
[French solutréen, after Solutré-Pouilly, a village of east-central France.]

Solutrean

(səˈluːtrɪən) adj (Archaeology) of or relating to an Upper Palaeolithic culture of Europe that was characterized by leaf-shaped flint blades[C19: named after Solutré, village in central France where traces of this culture were originally found]

So•lu•tre•an

or So•lu•tri•an

(səˈlu tri ən)

adj. of or designating an Upper Paleolithic European culture c18,000–c16,000 B.C., characterized by the making of stone projectile points and low-relief stone sculptures. [1885–90; < French solutréen, after Solutré the type-site, near a village of the same name in E France; see -an1]

Solutrean

Belonging to a Paleolithic culture in Europe, coming between the Aurignacian and the Magdelenian, in which people made flint blades.
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