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palæolithic
palæolithic, a. (n.) Archæol. (ˌpæliːəʊˈlɪθɪk, ˌpeɪliː-) Also (chiefly U.S.) paleo-. [f. palæo-, paleo- + Gr. λίθ-ος stone + -ic.] Characterized by the use of primitive stone implements; applied to the earlier part of the prehistoric ‘stone age’; also to things belonging to this period. Opp. to neol...
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mesolithic
mesolithic, a. (mɛsəʊˈlɪθɪk) [f. Gr. µέσο-ς middle + λίθος stone + -ic.] 1. Geol. Used for mesozoic. rare.1876 Ray Lankester tr. Haeckel's Hist. Creat. II. xv. 12 The mesolithic or mesozoic epoch. 2. Archæol. Belonging to a part of the prehistoric ‘stone age’ intermediate between the palæolithic and...
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Marsoulas
It is notable for the Marsoulas Cave in which palæolithic artifacts and paintings were discovered.
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prepalæolithic
prepalæolithic, a. Anthropol. (ˌpriːpæliːəʊˈlɪθɪk) [pre- B. 1 b.] Preceding or anterior to the Palæolithic or Early Stone Period of human history. So preˈpalæolith, a stone used in this period, as a weapon or implement.1895 H. Stopes in Athenæum 7 Sept. 325/3 The stones used throughout this transiti...
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Robert Munro (archaeologist)
problems in anthropology and archæology (1897)
Prehistoric Scotland and its Place in European Civilisation (1899)
Man as Artist and Sportsman in the Palæolithic Period (1903)
Archaeology and False Antiquities (1905)
The Munro Bequest (1910)
Palæolithic Man and Terramara Settlements in Europe: Being the Munro Lectures
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epipalæolithic
epipalæolithic, a. Archæol. (ˌɛpɪpæliːəˈlɪθɪk) [ad. Sp. epipaleol{iacu}tico (H. Obermaier El Hombre Fósil (1916) x. 314), f. epi- 1 + palæolithic, paleo- a. (n.).] Belonging to the period or cultural stage between the end of the palæolithic and the beginning of the mesolithic; formerly = mesolithic ...
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Pei Wenzhong
C. (1934), A PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE LATE-PALÆOLITHIC CAVE OF CHOUKOUTIEN.
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Clactonian
Clactonian, a. Archæol. (klækˈtəʊnɪən) [ad. F. Clactonien (Breuil Exposé de Titres (1929) 21), f. Clacton (see below) + -ian.] Of, pertaining to, or designating the Lower Palæolithic culture represented by the flint implements found at Clacton, Essex. Also ellipt.1932 Antiquity VI. 189 The Lower Pal...
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Yiyuan County
Yiyuan people are also proud of local archeological findings from the Palæolithic and Neolithic Ages as well as cultural findings since the Shang Dynasty
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Capsian
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 cul...
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1865 in archaeology
Lubbock publishes Pre-historic Times, as Illustrated by Ancient Remains, and the Manners and Customs of Modern Savages, including his coinage of the term Palæolithic
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racloir
racloir Chiefly Archæol. (ˈræklwɑː(r)) [a. Fr., = scraper.] A scraper, esp. of a type discovered amongst the remains of the Mousterian period of the Middle Palæolithic period.1892 P. L. Simmonds Commercial Dict. Trade Products 311/2 Racloir, a scraper; a grater; an instrument to strike off the heape...
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Charles Frederick Lawrence
amount of spare-time digging, with the result that some rudely worked stones were unearthed in the underlying gravel, which have been pronounced to be Palæolithic
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interosculate
interosculate, v. (ɪntərˈɒskjʊleɪt) [f. inter- 1 b + osculate, f. L. ōsculāre, -ārī, to kiss.] intr. a. To interpenetrate or inosculate with each other. b. To form a connecting link between two groups (as between different genera or species of animals or plants).1882 in Ogilvie (Annandale). 1885 Tra...
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Grimaldi
Grimaldi (grɪˈmældɪ) The name of the caves in Liguria, Italy, where the skeletons of a type of Upper Palæolithic man were found by Emile Rivière in 1872, used attrib. as in Grimaldi skull. Hence Griˈmaldian a., pertaining to or characteristic of Grimaldi man or of this culture.1902 Daily Chron. 8 Ma...
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