Acheulian

Acheulian
A·cheu·li·an also A·cheu·le·an (ə-sho͞oʹlē-ən) adj.
Of or relating to a stage of tool culture of the Lower Paleolithic Period between the second and third interglacial periods, characterized by flaked bifacial hand axes.
  [French acheuléen, after St. Acheul, a hamlet in northern France.]

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