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Chellean

[ shel-ee-uhn ]

adjective



Chellean

/ ˈʃɛlɪən /

noun

  1. no longer in technical usage another word for Abbevillian
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Chellean1

1890–95; < French chelléen, after Chelles, France, where Paleolithic tools were unearthed; -an
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Chellean1

C19: from French chelléen, from Chelles, France, where various items were found
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Example Sentences

From the published figures, they seem to correspond to the earlier Acheulean or to the Chellean type.

The Chellean implements, which precede those of Mousterian type, are commonly associated with a fauna of southern affinities.

Chellean probably represents the earliest work in Europe of a pre-Neanderthal type like Piltdown man.

The pre-Chellean flints (also called Eoliths) were wrought by the pre-Neanderthals.

Since Chellean times all three rivers have silted up their channels.

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