Azilian
/əˈzɪljən/adjective
1- Archaeology of, relating to, or denoting an early Mesolithic culture in Europe, succeeding the Magdalenian and dated to about 11,500-9,500 years ago. It is characterized by flat bone harpoons, painted pebbles, and microliths.【考古】阿齐利文化的(欧洲中石器时代早期的一种文化, 继马格德林文化之后, 距今约11,500-9,500年, 以平扁骨捕鱼叉、绘制过的卵石和细石器为特征)。
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- as noun the Azilian the Azilian culture or period阿齐利文化; 阿齐利文化期。
词源
late 19th cent.: named after Mas d'Azil in the French Pyrenees, where objects from this culture were found.