The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology


Saalian

Saalian [CP].
Penultimate cold stage of the north European Ice Age climatic sequence, broadly 200 000 to 170 000 years ago; following the HOLSTEINIAN and preceding the Eemian. Equivalent to the RISS of the Alpine sequence, the Illinosian in North America, and the Wolstonian in Britain.

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