Acheulean

A cheu le an |əˈSHo͞olēən əˈʃuliən |(also Acheulian ) ▶adjective Archaeology of, relating to, or denoting the main Lower Paleolithic culture in Europe, represented by hand-ax industries, and dated to about 1,500,000 –150,000 years ago. See also Abbevillian. • (as noun the Acheulean ) the Acheulean culture or period. ORIGIN early 20th cent.: from French Acheuléen, from St-Acheul near Amiens in northern France, where objects from this culture were found.