English Explanatory Dictionary

Solutrean

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. One of the final stages of the Paleolithic, c. 22000–17000 BCE.
adj
  1. Of or pertaining to the Solutrean.
  2. Of or pertaining to the Solutrean material culture or the Solutrean hypothesis.
noun
  1. A member of a hypothetical Paleolithic people who migrated from Europe to North America in the context of the widely rejected Solutrean hypothesis.

Pronunciation

/səˈlu.tɹi.ən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Solutrean.wav

Word forms

Solutrean Solutreans

Etymology

From French Solutréen, named in 1872 by Gabriel de Mortillet after a prehistoric site situated by the Rock of Solutré.

Related words

Beringian
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