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Solutrean
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English
Etymology
From en fr Solutréen, named in 1872 by Gabriel de Mortillet after a prehistoric site situated by the Rock of Solutré.
Pronunciation
en /səˈlu.tɹi.ən/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Solutrean.wav Southern England
Proper noun
One of the final stages of the Paleolithic, c. 22000–17000 .
Hypernyms
stage of Paleolithic en Paleolithic
Translations
stage of Paleolithic
French: fr Solutréen m
Polish: pl kultura solutrejska f
Adjective
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Of or pertaining to the Solutrean.
Of or pertaining to the Solutrean material culture or the Solutrean hypothesis.
en 1981 w:William Irwin Thompson The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture Rider/Hutchinson & Co. London 140 Childbirth was only suggested by these features in the Solutrean culture, but now all is made definite and explicit as she is shown seated upon the leopard throne with the divine child emerging between her legs.
en 2018 w:Tim Flannery Europe: A Natural History Solutrean points resemble the canines of the sabre-toothed cats.
Translations
pertaining to the Solutrean
French: fr solutréen m
Polish: pl solutrejski
Noun
A member of a hypothetical Paleolithic people who migrated from Europe to North America in the context of the widely rejected Solutrean hypothesis.
2018 Historically Speaking: The Solutrean MigrationArchived on 24 January 2021.
It was deemed the explorers would have originated in Spain, France and Portugal. They must have traveled along the ice sheets in animal-skin boats, simlar to those of the the Inuits. These tribes, called Solutreans, settled in at least five separate regions surrounding Chesapeake Bay.
See also
Beringian
Anagrams
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