Aurignacian
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Aurignac + -ian, after the French town of Aurignac, where remains from the culture were found.
Adjective[edit]
Aurignacian (not comparable)
- From or pertaining to a culture of the Upper Paleolithic, located in Europe and southwest Asia from circa 45,000 to 35,000 years ago, known from archaeological remains.
Noun[edit]
Aurignacian (plural Aurignacians)
- A member of the Aurignacian culture.
- 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: The First 100 Million Years, Penguin, published 2019, page 218:
- While the Aurignacians were capable hunters of the largest mammals, they were not equipped with the specialist flint points characteristic of later European cultures.