Azilian

[ uh-zeel-yuhn, -ee-uhn, uh-zil- ]

adjective

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of an early Mesolithic culture of southern France and northern Spain.

Azilian

/ əˈzɪlɪən /

noun

1. a Palaeolithic culture of Spain and SW France that can be dated to the 10th millennium bc , characterized by flat bone harpoons and schematically painted pebbles

adjective

1. of or relating to this culture

Word History and Origins

Origin of Azilian¹

1895–1900; named after Mas d' Azil, village in Ariège, S France, near where remains of the culture were found; -ian

Word History and Origins

Origin of Azilian¹

C19: named after Mas d' Azil, France, where artefacts were found

Example Sentences

The area where the stone was found was used as a hunting site by the prehistoric Azilian culture.

From Fox News

In the cave of Mas-d'Azil, between the Magdalenian and Neolithic deposits occurs a stratum, termed Azilian, which, to some extent, bridges over the obscure transition between the Palaeolithic and Neolithic Ages.

From Project Gutenberg

He places the Azilian age at 5500 B.C., the middle of the Magdalenian age somewhere about 8000 B.C.,

From Project Gutenberg

Yet E. Piette, who groups these pebbles, painted with peroxide of iron, in the four categories of numerals, symbols, pictographs, and alphabetical characters, states, in reference to these last, that 13 out of 23 Phoenician characters were equally Azilian graphic signs.

From Project Gutenberg

The Azilian rock pictures to which we have already referred show the beginning of the process.

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