单词 | Acheulian |
释义 | Acheulian/əˈʃuːlɪən /(also Acheulean) adjective Archaeology 1Relating to or denoting the main Lower Palaeolithic culture in Europe (preceding the Mousterian) and a similar culture in Africa. It is represented by hand-axe industries, which are dated as a whole to about 1,500,000–150,000 years ago. See also Abbevillian.These people are best represented by their distinctive pear-shaped flint or stone handaxes, so-called Acheulian handaxes, of which several thousand have been found in Britain to date....
1.1 (as noun the Acheulian) The Acheulian culture or period. OriginEarly 20th century: from French Acheuléen, from St-Acheul near Amiens in northern France, where objects from this culture were found. Rhymes |
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