Acheulian, a. Archæol.
(əˈʃ(j)uːlɪən)
Also Acheulean.
[ad. F. acheuléen (G. de Mortillet 1873, in Comptes Rendus du Congrès Préhist. 436), f. the name of Saint-Acheul (Somme), France.]
Of or belonging to the palæolithic period of Europe succeeding the Chellean, represented by the remains found at Saint-Acheul, near Amiens.
| [1894 Dawson Meeting-Place Geol. & Hist. v. 69 Within the former [sc. the palæolithic period] he [Mortillet] believes that it is possible to separate different ages... Respectively the Achulienne, Chellienne, Mousterienne, [etc.].] 1909 in Cent. Dict. Suppl. 1921 R. A. S. Macalister Text-Bk. Europ. Archæol. I. ii. 56 Those [sc. terms] of the Lower Palaeolithic are the Pre-Chellean, Chellean, and Acheulean. 1939 Ann. Reg. 1938 368 The Swanscombe skull suggests that Acheulean man was not distinguishable morphologically from Homo sapiens. 1940 Oxoniensia V. 161 Two paleolithic hand-axes of Acheulian type have been discovered. |