Acheulean

or A·cheu·li·an

[ uh-shoo-lee-uhn ]

adjective
  1. of, relating 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.

Origin of Acheulean

1
1890–95; <French acheuléen, named after St. Acheul, N France (Somme) (where remains were found) + -éen, variant of -ien (<Latin -iānus-ian), originally with nouns ending in

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How to use Acheulean in a sentence

  • Beneath the skeleton, the implements are of Acheulean type, while above and around it the type of Le Moustier was encountered.

    Prehistoric Man | W. L. H. Duckworth
  • From the published figures, they seem to correspond to the earlier Acheulean or to the Chellean type.

    Prehistoric Man | W. L. H. Duckworth
  • It may be questioned whether Mr Hinton is right in assigning only Acheulean implements to the high-terrace gravels.

    Prehistoric Man | W. L. H. Duckworth
  • These are assigned to the later Acheulean and earlier Mousterian epochs.

    Prehistoric Man | W. L. H. Duckworth
  • Here the 'older loess' contains a typical Acheulean culture.

    Men of the Old Stone Age | Henry Fairfield Osborn