Ibero-Maurusian

American

[ahy-beer-oh-maw-roo-zee-uhn, -zhuhn] / aɪˈbɪər oʊ mɔˈru zi ən, -ʒən /

adjective

of or relating to an Epipaleolithic culture of northwestern Africa that preceded the Capsian culture and was once erroneously thought to have originated in southwestern Europe; characterized by the use of backed bladelets, occupation of the maritime plain, and the hunting of the Barbary sheep.

Etymology

Origin of Ibero-Maurusian

< French ibéromaurusien (1909), equivalent to ibér ( ique ) Iberian + -o- -o- + Latin Maurūs ( ius ) pertaining to Mauretania (akin to Maurus; see Moor) + -ien -ian

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