Le Moustier
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Le Moustier is an archeological site consisting of two rock shelters in Peyzac-le-Moustier, a village in the Dordogne, France. It is known for a complete skeleton of the species Homo neanderthalensis
Le Moustier 1 in 1909, before WWII bombing.
Upper shelter
Lower shelter
Flint handaxe, excavated 1863, British Museum
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
Le Moustier
…a village in the Dordogne, France. It is known for a complete skeleton of the species Homo neanderthalensis that was discovered in 1908. The Mousterian tool culture is named after Le Moustier, which was first excavated from 1863 by the Englishman Henry Christy and the Frenchman Édouard Lartet. In 1979…
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