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Site Details
Le Moustier
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Site Typerock shelter
DescriptionLe Moustier consists of two rock shelters, one on top of the other, located in the village of Le Moustier. The type artifacts from the Mousterian consist of points and side scrapers, in addition to a few hand axes (especially heart- or triangular-shaped forms), and the secondary working is coarse. Upper Palaeolithic levels cover the Mousterian levels in both the classic shelter and the lower shelter. From the lower shelter came a Neanderthal skeleton of nearly mature age.
Site Name
Le Moustier
Site Type
rock shelter
Description
Le Moustier consists of two rock shelters, one on top of the other, located in the village of Le Moustier. The type artifacts from the Mousterian consist of points and side scrapers, in addition to a few hand axes…
Le Moustier consists of two rock shelters, one on top of the other, located in the village of Le Moustier. The type artifacts from the Mousterian consist of points and side scrapers, in addition to a few hand axes (especially heart- or triangular-shaped forms), and the secondary working is coarse. Upper Palaeolithic levels cover the Mousterian levels in both the classic shelter and the lower shelter. From the lower shelter came a Neanderthal skeleton of nearly mature age.
Citation
Page Citation for Le Moustier
Page Citation
"Site Details - Le Moustier, Bryan/Gruhn Archaeology Collection." University of Alberta Museums Search Site, https://search.museums.ualberta.ca/g/7-294/17-18889. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
Publications
Author
White, Randall K.
Title
The Ami Collection of the National Museum of Canada: Geographic and Stratigraphic Context
Publication Date
1980-02
Pages
93
Author
Kipfer, Barbara Ann
Title
Archaeology Wordsmith
Site Information
There are 10 specimens from this Item Group
969.18.21 - projectile point
Bryan/Gruhn Archaeology Collection
Object Typeprojectile point
Place CollectedEurope: France, Dordogne, Le Moustier
990.17.1 - convex side scraper
Bryan/Gruhn Archaeology Collection
Object Typescraper
Place CollectedEurope: France, Dordogne, Le Moustier
990.17.3 - straight side scraper
Bryan/Gruhn Archaeology Collection
Object Typescraper
Place CollectedEurope: France, Dordogne, Le Moustier
990.17.4 - biface
Bryan/Gruhn Archaeology Collection
Object Typebiface
Place CollectedEurope: France, Dordogne, Le Moustier
990.17.5 - biface
Bryan/Gruhn Archaeology Collection
Object Typebiface
Place CollectedEurope: France, Dordogne, Le Moustier
990.17.9 - convex side scraper
Bryan/Gruhn Archaeology Collection
Object Typescraper
Place CollectedEurope: France, Dordogne, Le Moustier
990.17.11 - convergent scraper
Bryan/Gruhn Archaeology Collection
Object Typescraper
Place CollectedEurope: France, Dordogne, Le Moustier
996.1.607 - gravel matrix sample
Bryan/Gruhn Archaeology Collection
Object Typematrix sample
Place CollectedEurope: France, Dordogne, Le Moustier
Date Collected1927
996.1.815 - typical Levallois utilized flake
Bryan/Gruhn Archaeology Collection
Object Typeutilized flake
Place CollectedEurope: France, Dordogne, Le Moustier
Date Collected1926
996.1.11 - lithic sample
Bryan/Gruhn Archaeology Collection
Object Typeraw material sample
Place CollectedEurope: France, Dordogne, Le Moustier
Date Collected1922