Abbevillian

Abbe vill i an |abˈvilēən, ˌabə -æbˈvɪliən |(also Abbevillean ) ▶adjective Archaeology, dated of, relating to, or denoting the first Paleolithic culture in Europe. It is now usually referred to as the Lower Acheulean. • (as noun the Abbevillian ) the Abbevillian culture or period. ORIGIN 1930s: from French Abbevillien ‘from Abbeville, ’ a town in northern France where tools from this culture were discovered.

Abbevillian

Abbevillian |abˈvɪlɪən | ▶adjective Archaeology, dated relating to or denoting the first Palaeolithic culture in Europe, now usually referred to as the Lower Acheulian. • (as noun the Abbevillian ) the Abbevillian culture or period. ORIGIN 1930s: from French Abbevillien ‘from Abbeville ’, a town in northern France where tools from this culture were discovered.