Definitions for Magdalenian

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Magdalenian Mag·da·le·ni·an

Spelling: [mag-duh-lee-nee-uh n]

IPA: /ˌmæg dəˈli ni ən/

Magdalenian is a 11 letter English word.

You can make 667 anagrams from letters in Magdalenian (aaadegilmnn).

Definitions for Magdalenian

adjective

1. of or relating to the final Paleolithic culture of much of western Europe, dating from c13,000–10,000 b.c. and notable for its artifacts of bone, antler, and ivory and for the cave art of western France and northeastern Spain.

Origin of Magdalenian

1880-85; French magdalénien, equivalent to Magdalen- (Latinization of La Madeleine, the type site in SW France) + -ien -ian

Examples for Magdalenian

New Neolithic types of culture had already entered Italy, perhaps as early as Magdalenian times.

Speech was probably the greatest invention of Magdalenian man.

It coincides with the oncoming of the cold, either in the Mousterian or the Magdalenian.

The building of homes of any kind seems to be unknown to Magdalenian man.

I cannot here dwell at length on the triumphs of Aurignacian and Magdalenian artistry.

For many palethnographers this is a “facies local” of the Magdalenian period.

We still seem to detect the influence of a decadent, late Magdalenian style of ornament.

This region had been the great centre of the Magdalenian culture.

We find in Poland the remains of a culture akin in its carvings to the Magdalenian culture of western Europe.

There are traces of Magdalenian influence in Maglemosian culture.