Capsian, a. and n. Archæol.
(ˈkæpsɪən)
[ad. F. capsien (J. de Morgan et al. 1910, in Rev. de l'{Eacu}cole d'Anthrop. XX. 110), f. L. Capsa, substituted for Gafsa (see def.) + -ian.]
A. adj. Belonging to the palæolithic period represented by remains found at Gafsa in central Tunisia. B. n. a. The culture of Gafsa. b. A person of this period.
| 1915 W. J. Sollas Anc. Hunters (ed. 2) viii. 290 In the greater part of Spain, almost the whole of Italy, and across the Mediterranean, as in Tunisia..this industry..persists throughout the Solutrian and Magdalenian ages... It is known as the Capsian or Getulian. 1921 R. A. S. Macalister Textbk. Europ. Archæol. I. 537 The Capsian thus corresponds chronologically to the European Upper Palæolithic, and culturally to the Aurignacian stage. 1931 Times Lit. Suppl. 1 Jan. 6/2 The so-called Capsians of Eastern Spain. 1951 Proc. Prehist. Soc. XVII. 91 The large backed blades, so characteristic of the Capsian, suggest that comparison should be made with the north rather than Africa. 1958 A. R. Radcliffe-Brown Method in Soc. Anthropol. i. iv. 107 The affinities of the Solutrean or Capsian culture. |