Abris du Moustier
Two shelters at the Le Moustier site, whose archaeological sequences run from Typical Mousterian to Aurignacian.
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Abris du Moustier
Two shelters at the Le Moustier site, whose archaeological sequences run from Typical Mousterian to Aurignacian.
Saint-Léon-sur-Vézère
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Two shelters at the Le Moustier site, whose archaeological sequences run from Typical Mousterian to Aurignacian.
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The upper shelter, also known as the classic shelter, is today completely emptied, but its sequence included Typical Mousterian, Mousterian of Acheulean Tradition and Aurignacian.
The sequence of the lower shelter comprises Typical Mousterian, Mousterian of Acheulean Tradition, Denticulate Mousterian, Châtelperronian and Aurignacian.
Source: Collaborative Encyclopedia Wikipedia in French > article “Le Moustier”, in its version of 4 November 2015: https://fr.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Le_Moustier&oldid=120160219
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Contains information from Grottocenter (Wikicaves), grottocenter.org, made available under the Open Database License (ODbL 1.0, https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1-0/), modified. · https://grottocenter.org/ui/entrances/23298 · The derived data is available on request under the ODbL: [email protected] · data as of 2026 · Source: Grottocenter (Association Wikicaves), worldwide collaborative cave database (grottocenter.org), modified. CC BY-SA 3.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Grottocenter (Wikicaves) · Text by BTH (Description sommaire de l'abri supérieur alias abri classique), BTH (Description sommaire de l'abri inférieur) · adapted by Espeleoworld (normalized, translated); the adaptation is licensed CC BY-SA 3.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ · https://grottocenter.org/ui/entrances/23298 · data as of 2026