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Aterian, a.|əˈtɪərɪən|
[ad. F. atérien (M. Reygasse 1922, in Rec. de Notices & Mém. Soc. Arch. Constantine LIII. 171), f. Bir el Ater in Algeria + -ian.]
Of or pertaining to a form of Mousterian culture found in northern Africa. Also ellipt. as n.
1928V. G. Childe Most Ancient East ii. 28 This specialized Mousterian found from Morocco to Egypt is designated Atérian. 1931Man XXXI. 83 (caption) A specialized Mousterian industry with ‘Aterian’ affinities. 1941F. R. Wulsin Prehist. Archæol. N.W. Afr. iv. 58 This site shows that the Aterian not only grew out of the archaic Mousterian, but that it followed the archaic Mousterian very closely, with no appreciable time interval between. 1946G. Caton-Thompson in Jrnl. R. Anthrop. Inst. LXXVI. 88/2 The Aterian industry, which appears to be centred in North-West Africa, has been described as a Mousterian with the addition of the tanged point. This is an understatement. It habitually includes other artifacts equally unfamiliar or rare in the Mousterian. |