Magdalenian

American  

[mag-duh-lee-nee-uhn] / ˌmæg dəˈli ni ən /

adjective

1. of or relating to the final Paleolithic culture of much of western Europe, dating from c13,000–10,000 b.c. and notable for its artifacts of bone, antler, and ivory and for the cave art of western France and northeastern Spain.

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Magdalenian British  

/ ˌmæɡdəˈliːnɪən /

adjective

1. of or relating to the latest Palaeolithic culture in Europe, which ended about 10 000 years ago

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noun

1. the Magdalenian culture

Magdalenian Scientific  

/ măg′də-lē′nē-ən /

1. Relating to the final Upper Paleolithic culture of Europe, succeeding the Solutrean and dating from about 17,000 to 11,000 years ago. Magdalenian tools and weapons are highly specialized and demonstrate skilled craftsmanship in bone and antler as well as flaked stone. The Magdalenians are best known for their sophisticated artwork, including engravings, sculpture, and polychrome wall paintings such as those found in the Altamira caverns in northern Spain.

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Etymology

Origin of Magdalenian

1880–85; < French magdalénien, equivalent to Magdalen- (Latinization of La Madeleine, the type site in SW France) + -ien -ian

Example Sentences

Changing vegetation and climate drove out the herds of reindeer and other large mammals Magdalenian people relied on.

From Science Magazine • Oct. 23, 2022

A more permanent form of artistic expression is found in the spectacular cave paintings created by Magdalenian people at Lascaux in southern France and Altamira in northern Spain.

From BBC • Aug. 19, 2020

Dr Bello said it is possible that the Magdalenian people at Les Varines may have used a pigment called ochre to decorate some plaquettes.

From BBC • Aug. 19, 2020

This was the beginning of explorations in the Grotte de Montespan which eventually led to the discovery of subterranean galleries inhabited by the Magdalenian cave dwellers of 20,000 years ago.

From Time Magazine Archive

He places the Azilian age at 5500 B.C., the middle of the Magdalenian age somewhere about 8000 B.C.,

From Man, Past and Present by Haddon, Alfred Court