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Abbevillian

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[ ab-vil-ee-uhn, -vil-yuhn, ab-uh-vil- ]

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or typical of an early Lower Paleolithic industry of the middle Pleistocene Epoch in Europe, characterized by the manufacture of large flakes and hand axes; Chellean.

Abbevillian

/ -jən; æbˈvɪlɪən /

noun

  1. the period represented by Lower Palaeolithic European sites containing the earliest hand axes, dating from the Mindel glaciation See also Acheulian
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. of or relating to this period
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Abbevillian

  1. Relating to the earliest Paleolithic archaeological sites in Europe, characterized by bifacial stone hand axes.
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Abbevillian1

< French abbevillien (1932); Abbeville, -ian
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Abbevillian1

C20: after Abbeville , where the stone tools were discovered

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