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Chellean, a. Archæol.|ˈʃɛliːən|
[ad. F. Chelléen (1881, see below), f. the place-name Chelles, in the department of Seine-et-Marne, France: see -an.]
Of or belonging to the earliest palæolithic period of Europe; also called Abbevillian (see quot. 1964). Also absol.
The French adj. chelléen was used in 1880 by M. Ameghino, a pupil of de Mortillet, in Bull. Soc. d'Anthrop. ser. 3 III. 638, but not as a specific subdivision of the palæolithic period.
[1881G. & A. de Mortillet Musée Préhist. vi, Le chelléen, la plus ancienne de ces époques, tire son nom de la station de Chelles... Autrefois cette époque était appelée acheuléenne... Mais j'ai renoncé à ce nom parce qu'à Saint-Acheul le gisement n'est pas pur.] 1894Dawson Geol. & Hist. v. 70 Mortillet's Chellean men. 1921[see Acheulian a.]. 1927Peake & Fleure Apes & Men 56 The fashioning of the early Palaeolithic, Chellean, flints betokens a high degree of purposeful skill and artistry. 1932Antiquity VI. 186 The Chellean can be correlated with the next interglacial stage. 1934[see Abbevillian a.]. 1964Encycl. Brit. V. 371 As the implements from Chelles, which gave the name to the industry, are now grouped with the Acheulean, the term Chellean, in the sense of earliest hand-ax culture, has been replaced by Abbevillian. |