Levallois
/ləˈvælwɑː/noun
usu. as modifier
- Archaeology a flint-working technique associated with the Mousterian culture of the Neanderthals, in which a flint is trimmed so that a flake of predetermined size and shape can be struck from it.【考古】勒瓦娄哇石片打制术(一种与穆斯特文化有关的石器打造技术, 削磨硬石使之形成预定大小和形状的片状石器)。
派生词
Levalloisean
/ˌlevəˈlɔɪzɪən/ adjective词源
early 20th cent.: named after a suburb of northern Paris.