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ACHEULIAN

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A⋅cheu⋅le⋅an

  [uh-shoo-lee-uhn]
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–adjective
of, pertaining to, or typical of a Lower Paleolithic culture of the middle Pleistocene Epoch, characterized by large hand axes and cleavers made by the soft hammer technique.
Also, A⋅cheu⋅li⋅an.

Origin:
1890–95; < F acheuléen, named after St. Acheul, N France (Somme) (where remains were found) + -éen, var. of -ien (< L -iānus -ian ), orig. with nouns ending in -é
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A·cheu·li·an also A·cheu·le·an   (ə-shōō'lē-ən)   
adj.  Of or relating to a stage of tool culture of the Lower Paleolithic Period between the second and third interglacial periods, characterized by flaked bifacial hand axes.

[French acheuléen, after St. Acheul, a hamlet in northern France.]
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