Acheulean Definition
əzho͝olēən
adjective
Designating or of a Lower Paleolithic culture characterized by skillfully made bifacial flint hand axes.
Webster's New World
(archaeology) Of or pertaining to a lower Paleolithic period characterized by the presence of flaked bifacial hand axes.
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noun
(archaeology) A lower Paleolithic period characterized by the presence of flaked bifacial hand axes.
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Origin of Acheulean
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From French acheuléen, from Saint-Acheul, a suburb of Amiens where the first tools from this period were found.
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