Szeletian

Early Upper Palaeolithic industry of central Europe with bifacial foliated points and sidescrapers, but it has also been applied to the industries with foliated points which mark the transition from the Middle Paleolithic to Upper Paleolithic periods throughout the eastern part of central Europe. It appears to have developed from the Middle Palaeolithic (Micoquian). The type site is Szeleta Cave in the Bükk Mountains in Hungary. The culture seems to date between 45,000-25,000 BC, the middle of the Last Glacial. Later assemblages contain endscrapers and retouched blades.

An early Upper Palaeolithic culture named after the cave of Szeleta in Hungary. It is characterized by leaf points, and seems to mark the transition from the Middle Palaeolithic to the Upper Palaeolithic. Indeed, the earlier Szeletian level from the type site could be regarded as Mousterian, while the upper level is a primitive early Upper Palaeolithic. The culture seems to date from within the period 45,000 to 25,000 be and is mainly found in north-central Europe, though a possibly related version extends to Britain.