Campignian

[ kam-peen-yuhn ]

adjective

1. of or relating to a Mesolithic and Neolithic technological facies characterized by picks and tranchets.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Campignian¹

1920–25; < French campignien, after Le Campigny, the type site (Seine-Maritime, France); -an

Example Sentences

These Campignian remains are hardly widely enough diffused or sufficiently definite to give name to a distinct epoch.

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