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Chellean /ˈʃɛlɪən /adjective & noun Former term for Abbevillian.The most ancient stages are the so-called Chellean, followed by the Acheulean and then the Mousterian....- This article will take up the Eolith display, and the Pre-Chellean, Chellean, and Acheulian periods.
- Thus the evidence points clearly to the Chellean or Lower Tyrrhenian age.
Origin Late 19th century: from French Chelléen, from Chelles, near Paris, where tools from this period were discovered. Rhymes Machiavellian, Orwellian, Sabellian, Trevelyan, triskelion |