Acheuleanadj.n.

Brit.

/əˈ(t)ʃuːlɪən/, U.S.

/əˈʃuliən/

Forms: 1900s– Acheulean, 1900s– Acheulian.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French acheuléen.

Etymology: < French acheuléen, noun (G. de Mortillet 1872, in Classification de l'âge de la pierre in Matériaux pour l'histoire primitive et naturelle de l'homme 2nd Series 7 465) and adjective (1876 or earlier) < Saint-Acheul , the name of a suburb of Amiens (department of Somme, France), where hand-axes of this period were found in 1859 + -éen -ean suffix. Compare French type de St-Acheul (G. de Mortillet 1869), époque de St-Acheul (G. de Mortillet 1872).With the form Acheulian compare -ian suffix.

Archaeology.

Of, relating to, or designating an early Palaeolithic period in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and India, preceding the Mousterian, and distinguished in particular by the manufacture of stone hand axes. Also as n. (with the): the Acheulean period or culture.

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the world > time > relative time > the past > historical period > [adjective] > of prehistoric periods

prolepticala1646

ante-historical1724

ante-historic1828

lacustrine1830

palaeotherian1831

prehistoric1832

Siwalik1836

megalithic1839

subarctic1846

meta-historical1854

prehistorical1854

lithic1862

protolithic1863

Archaeolithic1865

lacustrian1865

Palaeolithic1865

Mesolithic1866

Hallstatt1869

microlithic1872

palaeocosmic1875

Silurian1875

Miolithic1877

archilithic1879

eneolithic1886

palaeolithical1887

Solutrian1888

eolithic1890

Hallstattian1893

Chellean1894

pre-Palaeolithic1894

palaeolithoid1896

protolithic1896

Siculian1896

Siculic1896

Azilian1899

Acheulean1901

Villanova1901

chalcolithic1902

sub-Neolithic1903

Mesvinian1905

protoneolithic1906

Sicanian1909

Siculan1909

Aurignacian1914

Getulian1914

Châtelperron1915

epipalaeolithic1921

Creswellian1926

Capsian1928

Villanovan1928

Chelleo-Acheulean1930

Abbevillian1934

Swiderian1936

dryas1946

Shamvaian1947

Mazovian1965

Devensian1968

talayotic1974

1894 J. W. Dawson Meeting-place Geol. & Hist. v. 69 Within the former [sc. the palæolithic period] he [sc. Mortillet] believes that it is possible to separate different ages... Respectively the Achulienne, Chellienne, Mousterienne, [etc.].]

1901 Science Mar. 344/2 The six epochs into which the Paleolithic period is divided..are: Chellean, Acheulian, Mousterian [etc.].

1921 R. A. S. Macalister Text-bk. European Archæol. I. ii. 56 Those [sc. terms] of the Lower Palaeolithic are the Pre-Chellean, Chellean, and Acheulean.

1939 Ann. Reg. 1938 368 The Swanscombe skull suggests that Acheulean man was not distinguishable morphologically from Homo sapiens.

1946 F. E. Zeuner Dating Past vi. 195 A new stage of the Acheulian cannot be recognized clearly before the advent of the Micoquian.

1970 N. Pevsner Cambridgeshire (Buildings of Eng.) (ed. 2) Introd. 260 The earliest evidence of human settlement in Cambridgeshire is provided by numerous Acheulean hand axes..found in the gravels of the river valleys.

1997 Sci. Amer. Apr. 51/3 No traces of Acheulean technology were found among the tools.

2003 B. Bryson Short Hist. Nearly Everything (2004) xxix. 545 When early modern humans—the ones who would eventually become us—started to move out of Africa something over a hundred thousand years ago, Acheulean tools were the technology of choice.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	acheulean
释义	Acheuleanadj.n. Brit. /əˈ(t)ʃuːlɪən/, U.S. /əˈʃuliən/ Forms: 1900s– Acheulean, 1900s– Acheulian. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French acheuléen. Etymology: < French acheuléen, noun (G. de Mortillet 1872, in Classification de l'âge de la pierre in Matériaux pour l'histoire primitive et naturelle de l'homme 2nd Series 7 465) and adjective (1876 or earlier) < Saint-Acheul , the name of a suburb of Amiens (department of Somme, France), where hand-axes of this period were found in 1859 + -éen -ean suffix. Compare French type de St-Acheul (G. de Mortillet 1869), époque de St-Acheul (G. de Mortillet 1872).With the form Acheulian compare -ian suffix. Archaeology. Of, relating to, or designating an early Palaeolithic period in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and India, preceding the Mousterian, and distinguished in particular by the manufacture of stone hand axes. Also as n. (with the): the Acheulean period or culture. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > historical period > [adjective] > of prehistoric periods prolepticala1646 ante-historical1724 ante-historic1828 lacustrine1830 palaeotherian1831 prehistoric1832 Siwalik1836 megalithic1839 subarctic1846 meta-historical1854 prehistorical1854 lithic1862 protolithic1863 Archaeolithic1865 lacustrian1865 Palaeolithic1865 Mesolithic1866 Hallstatt1869 microlithic1872 palaeocosmic1875 Silurian1875 Miolithic1877 archilithic1879 eneolithic1886 palaeolithical1887 Solutrian1888 eolithic1890 Hallstattian1893 Chellean1894 pre-Palaeolithic1894 palaeolithoid1896 protolithic1896 Siculian1896 Siculic1896 Azilian1899 Acheulean1901 Villanova1901 chalcolithic1902 sub-Neolithic1903 Mesvinian1905 protoneolithic1906 Sicanian1909 Siculan1909 Aurignacian1914 Getulian1914 Châtelperron1915 epipalaeolithic1921 Creswellian1926 Capsian1928 Villanovan1928 Chelleo-Acheulean1930 Abbevillian1934 Swiderian1936 dryas1946 Shamvaian1947 Mazovian1965 Devensian1968 talayotic1974 1894 J. W. Dawson Meeting-place Geol. & Hist. v. 69 Within the former [sc. the palæolithic period] he [sc. Mortillet] believes that it is possible to separate different ages... Respectively the Achulienne, Chellienne, Mousterienne, [etc.].] 1901 Science Mar. 344/2 The six epochs into which the Paleolithic period is divided..are: Chellean, Acheulian, Mousterian [etc.]. 1921 R. A. S. Macalister Text-bk. European Archæol. I. ii. 56 Those [sc. terms] of the Lower Palaeolithic are the Pre-Chellean, Chellean, and Acheulean. 1939 Ann. Reg. 1938 368 The Swanscombe skull suggests that Acheulean man was not distinguishable morphologically from Homo sapiens. 1946 F. E. Zeuner Dating Past vi. 195 A new stage of the Acheulian cannot be recognized clearly before the advent of the Micoquian. 1970 N. Pevsner Cambridgeshire (Buildings of Eng.) (ed. 2) Introd. 260 The earliest evidence of human settlement in Cambridgeshire is provided by numerous Acheulean hand axes..found in the gravels of the river valleys. 1997 Sci. Amer. Apr. 51/3 No traces of Acheulean technology were found among the tools. 2003 B. Bryson Short Hist. Nearly Everything (2004) xxix. 545 When early modern humans—the ones who would eventually become us—started to move out of Africa something over a hundred thousand years ago, Acheulean tools were the technology of choice. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.n.1901
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