Bacsonian

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UK/bækˈsəʊ.ni.ən/US/bækˈsoʊ.ni.ən/

adjective

Of or relating to a variation of the Hoabinhian industry, based around Bắc Sơn and characterized by a higher frequency of edge-ground cobble artifacts.

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Meanings

adjectiveBacsonian (not comparable)
  1. not comparablearchaeologyOf or relating to a variation of the Hoabinhian industry, based around Bắc Sơn and characterized by a higher frequency of edge-ground cobble artifacts.

    On present evidence it seems that the Bacsonian is simply a late facies of the Hoabinhian, since it ended at roughly the same time.

    2004, Peter S. Bellwood, Southeast Asia: From Prehistory to History, page 180
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    The key to the neolithic problems of the whole of south - east Asia is found in IndoChina in the Bacsonian culture - complex as developed in caves and rock - shelters near Hoabinh and in the Bacsonian limestone massif in Tonkin province .

    1953, Ancient India, number 9, page 76

Origin

Bắc Sơn + -ian

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APA

Bacsonian. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bacsonian

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Chicago

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