Chellean
Americanadjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of Chellean
1890–95; < French chelléen, after Chelles, France, where Paleolithic tools were unearthed; see -an
Example Sentences
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The Chellean industry is associated with a warm climate and the remains of Elephas antiquus, Rhinoceros Merckii and hippopotamus.
From Man, Past and Present by Alfred Court Haddon
In the Lower Paleolithic in the pre-Neanderthal period, including what is known as the Chellean, new forms of implements are added to the earlier beginnings.
From History of Human Society by Frank W. (Frank Wilson) Blackmar
But, on the face of it, the greater refinement of the Acheulean handiwork looks as if it had been literally hammered out by steadfastly following up the Chellean pattern into its further possibilities.
From Progress and History by Francis Sydney Marvin
Now it may be that the Acheulean culture came into being as a result of contact between an immigrant stock and a previous population practising the Chellean method of stone-work.
From Progress and History by Francis Sydney Marvin
Palaeolithic flints of Chellean and other primitive types have been found in large numbers, and a valuable collection of these is being preserved in a French museum at Jerusalem.
From Myths of Babylonia and Assyria by Donald Alexander Mackenzie
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