Relating to an archaeological period or culture marked by artistic cave drawings and early artistic expression.
From Greek akron (height) + bathos (depth) + lithos (stone). This rare archaeological term combines roots suggesting the contrast between high artistic achievement and primitive stone-age conditions.
This word tries to capture something profound: how humans at the very beginning of civilization climbed into caves and created art, suggesting that the drive to create beauty might be as fundamental to us as hunting.
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