单词 | Azilian |
释义 | Azilian/əˈzɪlɪən![]() adjective Archaeology 1Relating to or denoting an early Mesolithic culture in Europe, succeeding the Magdalenian and dated to about 11,500-9,500 years ago. It is characterized by flat bone harpoons, painted pebbles, and microliths.The term ‘biomorphic’ originates with Geoffrey Grigson, who ‘proposed… the adoption of the term… from an unnamed anthropologist who employed it in relation to the painted pebbles of the prehistoric Azilian culture ’....
1.1 (as noun the Azilian) The Azilian culture or period. OriginLate 19th century: named after Mas d'Azil in the French Pyrenees, where objects from this culture were found. Rhymes |
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