Le Moustier

Le Moustier
Le Moustier
Le Moustier
Le Moustier 1 in 1909, before WWII bombing.
Le Moustier in France
Le Moustier in France
Location in France
Le Moustier in France
Le Moustier in France
Le Moustier (Aquitaine)
Le Moustier in France
Le Moustier in France
Le Moustier (Europe)
LocationPeyzac-le-Moustier
RegionDordogne, France
Coordinates44°59′38″N 1°3′36″E / 44.99389°N 1.06000°E / 44.99389; 1.06000
Site notes
Excavation dates1863
ArchaeologistsHenry Christy, Édouard Lartet.
Part ofPrehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézère Valley
CriteriaCultural: (i), (iii)
Reference85-014
Inscription1979 (3rd Session)
Area0.227 ha (24,400 sq ft)

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 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, Le Moustier was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List along with other nearby archeological sites as part of the Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézère Valley.[1]

  1. ^ "Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézère Valley". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization. Retrieved 9 October 2021.