Châtelperronian
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The Châtelperronian is a proposed industry of the Upper Palaeolithic, the existence of which is debated. It represents both the only Upper Palaeolithic industry attributed to Neanderthals and the earl
Pointes de chatelperron
Châtelperron grotte des fées 1
Châtelperron grotte des fées 2
Châtelperron grotte des fées 3
Mousterian
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The Mousterian is an archaeological industry of stone tools, associated primarily with the Neanderthals in Europe and with the earliest anatomically modern humans in North Africa and West Asia. The Mo
Châtelperronian
…French village closest to the type site, the cave La Grotte des Fées. The Châtelperronian lasted from c. 44,500 to c. 33,000 BP, and was preceded by the Mousterian industry. The industry produced denticulate stone tools, and a distinctive flint knife with a single cutting edge and a blunt, curved back. The use of…
Distribution of Homo neanderthalensis, and main sites. Mousterian industries have been found inside and outside this range (e.g., Jordan, Saudi Arabia)
Le Moustier 1 Neanderthal skull, today in the Neues Museum, Berlin.
Mousterian point
Production of points & spearheads from a flint stone core, Levallois technique, Mousterian culture, Tabun Cave, Israel, 250,000–50,000 BP. Israel Museum