designating or of an Upper Paleolithic culture, characterized by stone tools called burins which were used for carving wood, bone, and ivory: Aurignacian peoples are credited with producing the earliest cave paintings in W Europe
Origin:
Fr Aurignacien, after Aurignac, village in S France, in whose caves artifacts were discovered
See Aurignacian in American Heritage Dictionary 4
adjective
Of or relating to the Old World Upper Paleolithic culture between Mousterian and Solutrean, associated with early Homo sapiens and characterized by artifacts such as figures of stone and bone, graphic artwork, the use of dress and adornment, and a type of tool culture.