LEVALLOISIAN

Meaning of LEVALLOISIAN in English

adjective Etymology: Levallois-Perret, suburb of Paris, France Date: 1932 of or relating to a Middle Paleolithic culture characterized by a technique of manufacturing tools by striking flakes from a flint nodule

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LEVALLOISIAN — |levə|lȯizēən, -ȯizhən adjective also le·val·lois ləˈval(ˌ)wä Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: levalloisian from Levallois -Perret, suburb of Paris, France + English …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LEVALLOISIAN — /lev'euh loy"zee euhn, -zheuhn/ , adj. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a distinctive late Lower and Middle Paleolithic method …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LEVALLOISIAN — adjective Etymology: Levallois -Perret, suburb of Paris, France Date: 1932 : of or relating to a Middle Paleolithic culture characterized …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LEVALLOISIAN — [Le.val.loi.si.an] adj [Levallois-Perret, suburb of Paris, France] (1932): of or relating to a Middle Paleolithic culture characterized by a technique …
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LEVALLOISIAN — Pronunciation: ˌ le-v ə - ' lo ̇ i-z ē - ə n, l ə - ˌ val- ' wä-z …
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LEVALLOISIAN STONE-FLAKING TECHNIQUE — toolmaking technique of prehistoric Europe and Africa, characterized by the production of large flakes from a tortoise core (prepared core …
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LEVALLOIS — adjective see levalloisian
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MESVINIAN — (ˈ)mes|vinēən adjective Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: French mesvinien, from Mesvin, Belgium + French -ien -an : of or relating to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LEVALLOISO-MOUSTERIAN — |levə|lȯi(ˌ)zō+ adjective Usage: usually capitalized L&M Etymology: levalloiso- (from levalloisian ) + mousterian : of or relating to a culture …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TORTOISE-CORE — /tawr"teuhs kawr', -kohr'/ , n. Archaeol. a late Lower and Middle Paleolithic stone core characteristic of the Levalloisian tradition of …
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STONE AGE — prehistoric cultural stage, or level of human development, characterized by the creation and use of stone tools. The Stone Age …
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FAURESMITH INDUSTRY — a sub-Saharan African stone-tool industry dating from the early part of the upper Pleistocene, about 75,000 to 100,000 years ago. …
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ATERIAN INDUSTRY — stone tool tradition of the Middle and Late Paleolithic, found widespread in the late Pleistocene throughout northern Africa. The Aterian …
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ACHEULEAN INDUSTRY — Acheulean also spelled Acheulian, first standardized tradition of toolmaking of Homo erectus and early Homo sapiens. Named for the type …
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