Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gravettian

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.11 in modern English

Syllables: gravet-tian
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or relating to a specific archaeological tool-making industry of the European Upper Paleolithic era prevalent before the last glacial maximum, c. 33000–20000 BCE.

Example Sentences

"Recently, two additional Gravettian sites, Troyanove 4 and Ozerove, have been explored in central Ukraine (Zaliznyak et al. 2007)."

Etymology

Coined by English archaeologist Dorothy Garrod in 1938, named after the site of La Gravette in the Dordogne region of France, where the characteristic tools were first found and studied.

Derived Forms

Epigravettian

Frequently Paired Words

Solutrean

Questions

What does gravettian mean?: Of or relating to a specific archaeological tool-making industry of the European Upper Paleolithic era prevalent before the last glacial maximum, c. 33000–20000 BCE.
Where does gravettian come from?: Coined by English archaeologist Dorothy Garrod in 1938, named after the site of La Gravette in the Dordogne region of France, where the characteristic tools were first found and studied.

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