Aterian

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(ə tērē ən)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
A•te•ri•an  (ə tērē ən),USA pronunciation adj. [Archaeol.]
  1. Archaeologyof or indicating a Middle Paleolithic industry of northwestern Africa and the Sahara, characterized by the production of tanged points and bifacially worked leaf-shaped points of varying sizes.
  • French atérien, after the type-site, Bir el Ater, Algeria; see -ian
  • 1925–30


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