Acheulean

or A·cheu·li·an

[ uh-shoo-lee-uhn ]

/ əˈʃu li ən /

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of, relating to, or typical of a Lower Paleolithic culture of the middle Pleistocene Epoch, characterized by large hand axes and cleavers made by the soft hammer technique.

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Origin of Acheulean

1890–95; <French acheuléen, named after St. Acheul, N France (Somme) (where remains were found) + -éen, variant of -ien (<Latin -iānus-ian), originally with nouns ending in -é

Words nearby Acheulean

Achelous, achene, Achernar, Acheron, Acheson, Acheulean, Acheulian, à cheval, achieve, achieved status, achievement

How to use Acheulean in a sentence

Beneath the skeleton, the implements are of Acheulean type, while above and around it the type of Le Moustier was encountered.
Prehistoric Man|W. L. H. Duckworth
From the published figures, they seem to correspond to the earlier Acheulean or to the Chellean type.
Prehistoric Man|W. L. H. Duckworth
It may be questioned whether Mr Hinton is right in assigning only Acheulean implements to the high-terrace gravels.
Prehistoric Man|W. L. H. Duckworth
These are assigned to the later Acheulean and earlier Mousterian epochs.
Prehistoric Man|W. L. H. Duckworth

Here the 'older loess' contains a typical Acheulean culture.
Men of the Old Stone Age|Henry Fairfield Osborn