释义 |
ate·ri·an \əˈtirēən\ adjective Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: French atérien, from Bir el-Ater (Constantine), Algeria + French -ien -ian : of or belonging to a derived Mousterian culture of northern Africa which has in addition to the usual European Mousterian traits tanged and winged arrow points and leaf-shaped spearheads and which may be said to carry on the Mousterian tradition into upper Paleolithic times |