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ALL meanings of acheulean

A·cheu·le·an
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  • adjective acheulean designating or of a Lower Paleolithic culture characterized by skillfully made bifacial flint hand axes 3
  • adjective acheulean (archaeology) Of or pertaining to a lower Paleolithic period characterized by the presence of flaked bifacial hand axes. 1
  • adjective acheulean of, relating to, or typical of a Lower Paleolithic culture of the middle Pleistocene Epoch, characterized by large hand axes and cleavers made by the soft hammer technique. 1
  • noun acheulean (archaeology) A lower Paleolithic period characterized by the presence of flaked bifacial hand axes. -1
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