Aurignacian

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Au·rig·na·cian

A0524800 (ôr′ĭg-nā′shən, ôr′ēn-yā′-)adj. Of or relating to the Old World Upper Paleolithic culture between Mousterian and Solutrean, associated with early modern humans and characterized by artifacts such as figures of stone and bone, graphic artwork, the use of dress and adornment, and flaked stone blades.
[After Aurignac.]

Aurignacian

(ˌɔːrɪɡˈneɪʃən) adj (Anthropology & Ethnology) of, relating to, or produced during a flint culture of the Upper Palaeolithic type characterized by the use of bone and antler tools, pins, awls, etc, and also by cave art and evidence of the beginnings of religion[C20: from French Aurignacien, after Aurignac, France, in the Pyrenees, near which is the cave where remains were discovered]

Au•ri•gna•cian

(ˌɔr ɪnˈyeɪ ʃən)

adj. of or designating an Upper Paleolithic industry with stone and bone artifacts distributed from W France to the Middle East. [1910–15; < French]

Aurignacian

Belonging to a period of the Paleolithic Age during which primitive humans used bone and antler tools and made cave paintings.