Levalloisian

English

Etymology

From Levallois +‎ -ian. Named after Levallois-Perret, a suburb of Paris where stone tools were found during the 19th century. Attested from the 20th century.

Adjective

Levalloisian (not comparable)

1. (archaeology, anthropology) Of or related to certain Middle Paleolithic cultures.
   • 1902, D.J. Cunningham, “Right-handedness and left-brainedness. Huxley Memorial Lecture”, in Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, page 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.

2. (of stone tools) Manufactured with the Levallois technique of flint knapping.
   • 1990, A.P. Okladnikov, “Inner Asia at the dawn of history”, in Denis Sinor, editor, The Cambridge History of Early Inner Asia, volume 1, page 54, Julia Crookenden, translator:

     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).

References

• “Levalloisian”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• Levallois technique on Wikipedia.Wikipedia