Chellean

[ shel-ee-uhn ]

adjective

Origin of Chellean

1
1890–95; <French chelléen, after Chelles, France, where Paleolithic tools were unearthed; see -an

Words Nearby Chellean

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How to use Chellean in a sentence

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

    Prehistoric Man | W. L. H. Duckworth
  • The Chellean implements, which precede those of Mousterian type, are commonly associated with a fauna of southern affinities.

    Prehistoric Man | W. L. H. Duckworth
  • Chellean probably represents the earliest work in Europe of a pre-Neanderthal type like Piltdown man.

    Ancient Man in Britain | Donald A. (Donald Alexander) Mackenzie
  • The pre-Chellean flints (also called Eoliths) were wrought by the pre-Neanderthals.

    Ancient Man in Britain | Donald A. (Donald Alexander) Mackenzie
  • Since Chellean times all three rivers have silted up their channels.

    Men of the Old Stone Age | Henry Fairfield Osborn

British Dictionary definitions for Chellean

Chellean

/ (ˈʃɛlɪən) /


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

Origin of Chellean

1
C19: from French chelléen, from Chelles, France, where various items were found

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