Epipaleolithic

[ep-uh-pey-lee-uh-lith-ik, -pal-ee-]

adjective

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of the human cultures existing at the end of the Paleolithic and the beginnings of the Mesolithic periods of the Stone Age.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Epipaleolithic¹

First recorded in 1920–25; epi- + Paleolithic ( def. )

Example Sentences

The researchers examined the productivity of stone-tools with a cutting-edge over a 50,000-year span that encompassed six cultural phases from the Late Middle Paleolithic, through the Upper Paleolithic, to the Epipaleolithic period.

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