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Aurignacian

[awr-in-yey-shuhn]

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of, belonging to, or typical of an Upper Paleolithic industry with characteristic stone and bone artifacts that is distributed from western France to eastern Europe and the Middle East.

Origin:
1910–15; Aurignac + -ian

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Aurignacian (ˌɔːrɪɡˈneɪʃən)

—*adj*
	of, relating to, or produced during a flint culture of the Upper Palaeolithic type characterized by the use of bone and antler tools, pins, awls, etc, and also by cave art and evidence of the beginnings of religion

[C20: from French Aurignacien, after Aurignac, France, in the Pyrenees, near which is the cave where remains were discovered]

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Aurignacian

(ôr'ĭg-nā'shən, ôr'ēn-yā'-) Pronunciation Key
Relating to an Upper Paleolithic culture in Europe between the Mousterian and Solutrean cultures, dating from around 32,000 to 25,000 years ago and characterized by flaked stone, bone, and antler tools such as scrapers, awls, and burins (engraving tools). Aurignacian culture is associated with Cro-Magnon populations and is especially noted for its well-developed art tradition, including engraved and sculpted animal forms and female figurines thought to be fertility objects. The earliest fully developed cave art, such as the painted animals in the Lascaux cave in southwest France, dates from this period.

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