Abbevillian

American  

[ab-vil-ee-uhn, -vil-yuhn, ab-uh-vil-] / æbˌvɪl i ən, -ˈvɪl yən, ˌæb əˈvɪl- /

Or Abbevillean

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.

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Abbevillian British  

/ -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

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adjective

1. of or relating to this period

Abbevillian Scientific  

/ ăb′ə-vĭl′ē-ən /

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

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Etymology

Origin of Abbevillian

< French abbevillien (1932); Abbeville, -ian