Aterian

Aterian [uh-teer-ee-uh n] Word Origin adjective Archaeology.

1. of or indicating a Middle Paleolithic industry of northwestern Africa and the Sahara, characterized by the production of tanged points and bifacially worked leaf-shaped points of varying sizes.

Origin of Aterian 1925–30; French atérien, after the type-site, Bir el Ater, Algeria; see -ian