Clactonian

Clactonian
/klak toh"nee euhn/, adj.
of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a Lower Paleolithic culture in England marked by the production of tools made from stone flakes.
[1930-35; < F clactonien, after Clacton(-on-Sea), English town where the tools were first unearthed; see -IAN]

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