CLACTONIAN


Meaning of CLACTONIAN in English

(ˈ)klak|tōnēən, -nyən adjective

Usage: usually capitalized

Etymology: Clacton -on-Sea, England, where the flaking tools were first found + English -ian

: of or relating to a lower Paleolithic culture of England characterized by a peculiar method of flaking stone that resulted in flakes having a half cone at the point where the hammerstone struck

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