Chellean

[ shel-ee-uh n ]

/ ˈʃɛl i ən /

Abbevillian.

Origin of Chellean

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

This region was undoubtedly favorable to the flint workers of Pre-Chellean and Chellean times.

Men of the Old Stone Age |Henry Fairfield Osborn
The Chellean and the following Acheulean industry was carried on here on a very extensive scale.

Men of the Old Stone Age |Henry Fairfield Osborn
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 type station of the Chellean culture is somewhat east of the present town of Chelles.

Men of the Old Stone Age |Henry Fairfield Osborn

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

/ (ˈʃɛlɪən) /

(no longer in technical usage) another word for Abbevillian

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