Gravettian


Gravettian

(ɡrəˈvɛtɪən) adj (Archaeology) of, referring to, or characteristic of an Upper Palaeolithic culture, characterized esp by small pointed blades with blunt backs[C20: from La Gravette on the Dordogne, France]

Gravettian

Belonging to a Paleolithic culture in southwestern France in which people made small, pointed stone blades with blunt backs.