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EPIPALEOLITHIQUE [2 records]

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Record 1 2012-10-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
  • Anthropology
DEF

Stage of prehistoric culture characterized by painted stone pebbles and by harpoon heads made from antlers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
  • Anthropologie
DEF

Faciès culturel épipaléolithique [...]

OBS

Éponyme donné à un outillage qui sert accessoirement de datation, observé dans la grotte de Mas d’Azil en Ariège (France).

Spanish

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Record 2 2010-12-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Archaeology
DEF

Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of human cultures existing at the end of Paleolithic and the beginning of the Mesolithic periods of the Stone Age.

CONT

Epi-Palaeolithic cultures. Cultures which are technologically in the Palaeolithic tradition, but which represent a survival into the early Postglacial Period.

OBS

Capitalization. This term is usually capitalized when it refers to a specific cultural period however, when used in a general sense, the adjective should begin with a small letter (epipaleolithic, epi-palaeolithic).

Key term(s)
  • Epi-Palæolithic
  • Epipalæolithic

French

Domaine(s)
  • Archéologie
DEF

[Se dit de la] période de transition entre le paléolithique supérieur et le début du mésolithique (vers - 9000).

CONT

Après la glaciation de Wurm s’installe notre climat tempéré. Certaines ethnies commencent à produire leur nourriture et entrent dans l'époque dite «mésolithique»(Proche-Orient) tandis que d’autres prolongent les traditions paléolithiques et sont alors qualifiées d’«épipaléolithiques»(Europe). L'Épipaléolithique. Sur la plus grande partie du globe, les prédateurs vont en effet continuer les traditions paléolithiques en apportant simplement quelques améliorations à l'outillage, en particulier en développant le microlithisme.

Spanish

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