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Magdalenian, a. and n. Archæol.|mægdəˈliːnɪən|
Also Madelainean, Madelenian.
[ad. F. magdalénien (G. de Mortillet, c 1867), f. the place-name La Madeleine in the department of Dordogne, France: see -an.]
A. adj. Of or belonging to the Lower Palæolithic culture represented by remains found at La Madeleine.
B. n. A man or woman of this culture.
1885A. Geikie Text-bk. Geol. (ed. 2) vi. 914 Those [deposits] which contain well-finished implements associated with carved bone and ivory, as at the caves of La Madeleine (Périgord), have been called Magdalenian. 1896A. H. Keane Ethnol. 87 Madelenian or Third Cave Age. 1904[see solutrian, solutrean a.]. 1911W. J. Sollas Anc. Hunters 323 The Magdalenians were quite capable of making respectable buckles or fibulæ. 1920Q. Rev. Oct. 376 We are moved by a greater number of artistic qualities than were the Magdalenian reindeer men. 1956H. Read Art of Sculpture ii. 28 This highly stylized figure anticipates the schematic character of the later Magdalenian figures. 1963Field Archaeol. (Ordnance Survey) (ed. 4) 21 From the period of the Magdalenians who were hunting and making their wonderful cave paintings in France round about 20,000 B.C...there is very little in Britain... A few typical Magdalenian objects have been found in Mendip caves. 1973Listener 10 May 606/2 The Magdalenian hunters of southern Europe fifteen thousand years ago invented the harpoon. |