Chellean

American  

[shel-ee-uhn] / ˈʃɛl i ən /

adjective

1. Abbevillian.

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Chellean British  

/ ˈʃɛlɪən /

noun

1. (no longer in technical usage) another word for Abbevillian

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Etymology

Origin of Chellean

1890–95; < French chelléen, after Chelles, France, where Paleolithic tools were unearthed; see -an

Example Sentences

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 Haddon, Alfred Court

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 Blackmar, Frank W. (Frank Wilson)

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 Marvin, Francis Sydney

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 Marvin, Francis Sydney

It is not too much to say that at the present time we can parallel amongst Australian stone weapons all the types known in Europe under the names Chellean, Mousterian, Aurignacian etc....

From Man, Past and Present by Haddon, Alfred Court