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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024Mous•te•ri•an (mo̅o̅ stēr′ē ən),USA pronunciation adj. [Anthropol.]- Archaeologyof or pertaining to a Middle Paleolithic culture of Neanderthal man dating to the early upper Pleistocene Epoch (c100,000–40,000b.c.) and consisting of five or more stone-artifact traditions in Europe whose characteristic tools are side scrapers and points.
- Physical Anthropologypertaining to Paleolithic human relics having the workmanship, finish, and character of the flint scrapers found in the sands of Moustier, France.
Also, Mous•tie′ri•an. - French moust(i)érien; see -ian
- 1885–90
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Mousterian /muːˈstɪərɪən/ n - a culture characterized by flint flake tools and associated with Neanderthal man, found throughout Europe, North Africa, and the Near East, dating from before 70 000–32 000 bc
adj - of or relating to this culture
Etymology: 20th Century: from French Moustérien from archaeological finds of the same period in the cave of Le Moustier, Dordogne, France |