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Solutrean

So·lu·tre·an [ sə ltree ən ] or So·lu·tri·an [ sə ltree ən ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
belonging to prehistoric European culture: belonging to a prehistoric culture that existed in Europe between 40,000 bc and 12,000 bc, at the end of the Paleolithic period, in which people worked with leaf-shaped flint blades

[Late 19th century. < French solutréen< Solutré, village in E France]
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