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Aurignacian definition

Au·rig·na·cian (ô′rig nā′s̸hən)

adjective

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

Etymology: Fr Aurignacien, after Aurignac, village in S France, in whose caves artifacts were discovered

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