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Tardenoisian

Definition of Tardenoisian

adjective

  • relating to or denoting a late Mesolithic culture of west and central Europe, especially France, dated to about 8,000-6,000 years ago.
  • (as noun the Tardenoisian) the Tardenoisian culture or period.

Origin:

1920s: from French Tardenoisien, from the name of Fère-en-Tardenois in NE France, where objects from this culture were found

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