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Clactonian

(Encyclopedia)Clactonian: see Paleolithic period. ...

Abbevillian

(Encyclopedia)Abbevillian: see Paleolithic period. ...

Stone Age

(Encyclopedia)Stone Age: see Paleolithic period; Mesolithic period; Neolithic period. ...

Old Stone Age

(Encyclopedia)Old Stone Age: see Paleolithic period. ...

Mousterian

(Encyclopedia)Mousterian or Levalloiso-Mousterian: see Paleolithic period. ...

Aurignac

(Encyclopedia)Aurignac ôrēnyäkˈ [key], village (1993 est. pop. 965), Haute-Garonne dept., S France, at the foot of the Pyrenees. Its caves, excavated in 1860, contain relics of prehistoric man of the Aurignacia...

Acheulian

(Encyclopedia)Acheulian əsho͞oˈlēən [key]: see Paleolithic period. ...

Louis period styles

(Encyclopedia)Louis period styles, 1610–1793, succession of modes of interior decoration and architecture that established France as a leading influence in the decorative arts. The restraint of the later Louis ...

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