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Clactonian


Clac·to·ni·an

C0380200 (klăk-tō′nē-ən)adj. Archaeology Of or relating to an early Paleolithic tool culture of northwest Europe, characterized by simple core and flake tools. Traditionally considered to predate the Acheulian culture, it is now thought by some to be contemporaneous.
[After Clacton-on-Sea, a town in southeast England on the North Sea where artifacts from the culture were found.]

Clactonian

(klækˈtəʊnɪən) n (Archaeology) one of the Lower Palaeolithic cultures found in England, characterized by the use of chopper toolsadj (Archaeology) of, designating, or relating to this culture[after Clacton, Essex, where the tools of this culture were first found]

Clac•to•ni•an

(klækˈtoʊ ni ən)

adj. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a Lower Paleolithic culture in England marked by the production of tools made from stone flakes. [1930–35; < French clactonien, after Clacton(-on-Sea), English town where the tools were first unearthed]

Clactonian


Clactonian:

see Paleolithic periodPaleolithic period
or Old Stone Age,
the earliest period of human development and the longest phase of mankind's history. It is approximately coextensive with the Pleistocene geologic epoch, beginning about 2 million years ago and ending in various places between
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