ACHEULEAN

Meaning of ACHEULEAN in English

[Acheu.le.an] or Acheu.li.an adj [F acheuleen, fr. St. Acheul, near Amiens, France] (ca. 1909): of or relating to a Lower Paleolithic culture typified by bifacial tools with round cutting edges

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ACHEULEAN — or Acheulian adjective Etymology: French acheuléen, from Saint Acheul, near Amiens, France Date: circa 1909 of or relating to a …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
ACHEULEAN — adjective also acheu·li·an əˈshülēən, -ə(r)l-, -ə̄l- Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: French acheuléen, from St. Acheul, near Amiens, France, location of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ACHEULEAN — /euh shooh"lee euhn/ , adj. of, pertaining to, or typical of a Lower Paleolithic culture of the middle Pleistocene Epoch, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ACHEULEAN — or Acheu·li·an ə-ˈshü-lē-ən Etymology: French acheuléen, from Saint Acheul, near Amiens, France Date: circa 1909 : of or relating to …
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ACHEULEAN — n. Variant: or Acheu · li · an Pronunciation: ə - ' shü-l ē - ə n Function: adjective Etymology: …
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ACHEULEAN INDUSTRY — Paleolithic Period characterized by bifacial stone tools with round cutting edges and typified especially by an almond-shaped (amygdaloid) flint hand …
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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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ACHEULEAN INDUSTRY — Stone-tool industry of the Lower Paleolithic Period characterized by bifacial stone tools with round cutting edges and typified especially by …
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ACHEULIAN — adjective see: Acheulean
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
STONE-TOOL INDUSTRY — Any of several assemblages of artifacts that display the earliest technology used by humans. These stone tools have survived in …
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PALEOLITHIC PERIOD — or Old Stone Age Ancient technological or cultural stage characterized by the use of rudimentary chipped stone tools. During the …
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OLDOWAN INDUSTRY — Paleolithic (beginning с 2.5 million years ago) characterized by crudely worked pebble tools. Oldowan tools, made of quartz, quartzite, or …
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INDUSTRY — I Group of productive organizations that produce or supply goods, services, or sources of income. In economics, industries are customarily …
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ACHEULIAN — adjective see acheulean
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TRADITION — trəˈdishən noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English tradicion, tradicioun, from Middle French & Latin; Middle French tradition, from Latin …
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SWANSCOMBE MAN — ˈswänzkəm- noun Usage: usually capitalized S Etymology: from Swanscombe, Kent, England, where the remains were found : a prehistoric man …
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STEINHEIM MAN — ˈs(h)tīnˌhīm- noun Usage: usually capitalized S Etymology: from Steinheim am Murr, town of western Germany : a Lower Paleolithic Neanderthaloid …
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SANGOAN — ˈsäŋgəwən adjective Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Sango Bay, Uganda, where remains of the culture were found + English -an : …
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NANYUKIAN — (ˈ)nän|yükēən adjective Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Nanyuki, town in Kenya + English -an : of or belonging to an Upper …
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MICOQUIAN — mēˈkōkēən adjective also mi·coque·an “, -ōkən Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: La Micoque, site near Les Eyzies, commune in southwest central …
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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 …
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FLORISBAD MAN — ˈflōrə̇sˌbät-, -bad- noun Usage: usually capitalized F Etymology: from Florisbad, village near Bloemfontein, Union of So. Africa : a primitive …
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EHRINGSDORF MAN — ˈeriŋzˌdȯrf-, ˈār- noun Usage: usually capitalized E Etymology: from Ehringsdorf, village near Weimar, Germany : an early Neanderthal man known …
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KALAMBO FALLS — /keuh lahm"boh/ an archaeological site at the southeastern end of Lake Tanganyika, on the Zambia-Tanzania border, that has yielded one …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ACHEULIAN — see Acheulean
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ACHEULIAN — [ ə'ʃu:lɪən ] (also Acheulean ) ■ adjective Archaeology relating to or denoting the main Lower Palaeolithic culture in Europe …
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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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SAINT-ACHEUL — locality near Amiens in the Somme River valley, Somme dpartement, Picardie region, northern France. Saint-Acheul is the type locality at …
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OLDUVAI GORGE — Olduvai also spelled Olduwai, archaeological site in the eastern Serengeti Plains, within the boundaries of the Ngorongoro Conservation Area in …
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KABWE MAN — originally called Rhodesian Man, also called Broken Hill Man, extinct human being known from fossil remains (almost complete skull, maxillary …
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JOS PLATEAU — formerly Bauchi Plateau, tableland in Plateau State, central Nigeria, distinguished by its high bounding scarp and by bare grassland and …
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GHANA, FLAG OF — horizontally striped red-yellow-green national flag with a central black star. The width-to-length ratio of the flag is 2 to 3. …
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