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Magdalenian definition

Mag·da·leni·an (mag′də lē′nē ən)

adjective

designating or of an Upper Paleolithic culture characterized by cave art, bone engraving, and tools of polished stone and bone

Etymology: Fr magdalénien, after La Madeleine, rock shelter in SW France, where many of the artifacts were found

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