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Levalloisian
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English
Etymology
From en Levallois ian. Named after en Levallois-Perret, a suburb of Paris where stone tools were found during the 19th century. Attested from the 20th century.
Adjective
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en archaeology anthropology Of or related to certain Middle Paleolithic cultures.
en 1902 D.J. Cunningham Right-handedness and left-brainedness. Huxley Memorial Lecture Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland 23 O'Brien regards the Still-Bay as the final development of the Levalloisian, and, like Leakey, assigns it to the end of the Gamblian pluvial.
en of stone tools Manufactured with the Levallois technique of flint knapping.
en 1990 A.P. Okladnikov The Cambridge History of Early Inner Asia 54 Purely Levalloisian stone tools which might be called classic models have been found in the Altai and Unst’-Kansk caves on the Charysh and Strashnaya rivers (in the Tigerek mountains). Inner Asia at the dawn of history 1 Denis Sinor Julia Crookenden, translator
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Levallois technique