General Information
Object Name: Le Moustier
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Site Type: rock shelter
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Chronological abstract:
Location / Coordinates
Country: France
General Location Description: Dordogne, above the village Le Moustier at Peysac, 37 km SE of Perigueux
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Discovery
Date of discovery: 0
Discoverers:
- [Christy, Henri]
- [Lartet, Édouard]
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Additional Content
Location
actually: 1° 04' E, 45° 00' N
Desciption and Historical Background
The site consists of two rock shelters:
- The Abri inférieur (also Abri classique or Abri 1), already excavated by Lartet and Christy in 1863
- The Abri supérieur (Abri 2), positioned about 14 m below Abri 1 and excavated 1907 by Otto Hauser
In 1908 Otto Hauser discovered the Neanderthal skeleton Le Moustier 1.
The site was later excavated by Peyrony, who discovered 1914 the burial of the neonate Le Moustier 2.
Stratigraphy
The sequence of layers of the Abri inférieur as described by Peyrony (1930), Defleur (1933: 70-72) and Mellars and Grün (1991):
Layer L |
Aurignacien moyen |
Layer K |
Châtelperronien and Moustérien |
Layer J |
Moustérien typique |
Layer I |
sand with rolled off silex |
Layer H |
Moustérien tradition Acheuléen (MTA) |
Layer G |
Moustérien tradition Acheuléen (MTA) |
Layer F |
Moustérien à denticulés |
Layer E |
clay |
Layer D |
river sediments with rolled off silex |
Layer C |
river sediments with rolled off silex |
Layer B |
Moustérien typique |
Layer A |
sterile sandy layer |
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