Acheulian
/əˈtʃuːlɪən/(亦作Acheulean )
adjective
1- Archaeology of, relating to, or denoting the main Lower Palaeolithic culture in Europe (preceding the Mousterian) and a similar culture in Africa. It is represented by hand-axe industries, which are dated as a whole to about 1,500, 000-150,000 years ago.【考古】（与）阿舍利文化（有关）的（指欧洲早于莫斯特文化的旧石器时代早期主要文化及非洲一类似文化的遗址, 以手斧行业为代表, 总体可追溯到约1,500, 000-150,000年前）。参见ABBEVILLIAN.
1.1
- as noun the Acheulian the Acheulian culture or period阿舍利文化; 阿舍利时期。
词源
early 20th cent.: from French Acheuléen, from St-Acheul near Amiens in northern France， where objects from this culture were found.