Abbevillian

American

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

Or Abbevillean

adjective

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 British

/ æbˈvɪlɪən, -jən /

noun

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

of or relating to this period

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Abbevillian Scientific

/ ăb′ə-vĭl′ē-ən /

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

Etymology

Origin of Abbevillian

< French abbevillien (1932); see Abbeville, -ian

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