Definition of Clactonian in English:
Clactonian
adjective klakˈtəʊnɪənklakˈtōnēən
Archaeology 1Relating to or denoting a Lower Palaeolithic culture represented by flint implements found at Clacton-on-Sea in south-eastern England, dated to about 250,000–200,000 years ago.
Example sentencesExamples
- Riverside sites like that at Swanscombe seem to have been especially favoured by these early Clactonian people.
- The stone tools of the Clactonian culture were quite unlike the handaxes that were supposed to be typical of the early Palaeolithic.
- It suggests that the Clactonian and Acheulian stone-tool assemblages were in fact contemporary.
- 1.1as noun the Clactonian The Clactonian culture or period.