Ab·be·vil·li·an ( b  -v l  -n)adj. Of or relating to the earliest Paleolithic archaeological sites in Europe, characterized by bifacial stone hand axes. [After Abbeville, a city of northern France.] |
Abbevillian [æbˈvɪlɪən -jən] Archaeol
n
(Social Science / Archaeology) the period represented by Lower Palaeolithic European sites containing the earliest hand axes, dating from the Mindel glaciation See also Acheulian
adj
(Social Science / Archaeology) of or relating to this period
[after Abbeville, where the stone tools were discovered]
| Abbevillian (b-vl-n) Relating to the earliest Paleolithic archaeological sites in Europe, characterized by bifacial stone hand axes. |
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