| 单词 | arctic stone age |
| 释义 | > as lemmasArctic Stone Age Arctic Stone Age n. the Stone Age of northern Scandinavia, which occurred later than in western Europe owing to the repopulation of the region after the end of the last glacial maximum. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > a civilization or culture > [noun] > specific stone-age culture Arctic Stone Age1881 Wilton1959 1881 P. B. Du Chaillu Land Midnight Sun I. xxix. 346 In a few instances the spear-points and knives of slate peculiar to the arctic stone age have been found in Svealand. 1926 R. A. Smith Guide Antiq. Stone Age (Brit. Mus.) (ed. 3) 159 The Arctic Stone Age..is represented by slate lance- and arrow-heads, celts..and pottery. 1937 E. V. Gordon tr. H. Shetelig & H. S. Falk Scand. Archaeol. vi. 73 A conspicuous and attractive feature of the Arctic stone age in the north of Scandinavia is a distinctive naturalistic art..in rock-carvings and rock-paintings in Norway and Sweden. 2007 M. Roslund Guests in House ii. 113 According to the advocates of this hypothesis they were descendants of the Arctic Stone Age culture, pushed by a group coming from the south. < as lemmas |
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