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So⋅lu⋅tre⋅an

[suh-loo-tree-uhn]
–adjective
Archaeology. of or designating an Upper Paleolithic European culture c18,000–16,000 b.c., characterized by the making of stone projectile points and low-relief stone sculptures.
Also, So⋅lu⋅tri⋅an.


Origin:
1885–90; < F solutréen, after Solutré the type-site, near a village of the same name in France (Saône-et-Loire); see -an
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So·lu·tre·an also So·lu·tri·an   (sə-lōō'trē-ən)   
adj.  Of or relating to the Old World Upper Paleolithic culture that succeeded the Aurignacian and was characterized by new stone implements and stylized symbolic forms of art.

[French solutréen, after Solutré-Pouilly, a village of east-central France.]
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