Mousterian stone tool industry

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Middle Paleolithic industry archaeological culture stone tool industry

The Mousterian stone tool industry was a Middle Paleolithic technological tradition characterized by sophisticated flake tools and prepared-core techniques, most closely associated with Neanderthals in Europe and Western Asia.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Middle Palaeolithic 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Middle Paleolithic industry ⓘ
archaeological culture ⓘ
stone tool industry ⓘ
alsoAssociatedWith early anatomically modern humans ⓘ
associatedWith Homo neanderthalensis NERFINISHED ⓘ
Neanderthals NERFINISHED ⓘ
characterizedBy Levallois technique ⓘ
backed knives ⓘ
denticulates ⓘ
flake tools ⓘ
notches ⓘ
points ⓘ
prepared-core techniques ⓘ
side scrapers ⓘ
chronologyEnd approximately 40,000 years ago ⓘ
chronologyStart approximately 160,000 years ago ⓘ
coreReductionStrategy Levallois core reduction ⓘ
prepared-core reduction ⓘ
culturalContext Neanderthal lifeways ⓘ
evidenceType archaeological remains ⓘ
followedBy Aurignacian industry ⓘ
functionalAssociation butchering of animals ⓘ
hide processing ⓘ
hunting activities ⓘ
woodworking ⓘ
geographicDistribution Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ
North Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
Southwest Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Western Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter Le Moustier NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy Acheulean industry NERFINISHED ⓘ
rawMaterial chert ⓘ
flint ⓘ
quartzite ⓘ
regionalVariant Denticulate Mousterian NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ferrassie Mousterian NERFINISHED ⓘ
Quina Mousterian NERFINISHED ⓘ
Typical Mousterian NERFINISHED ⓘ
researchDiscipline Paleolithic archaeology ⓘ
prehistoric archaeology ⓘ
significance key evidence for Neanderthal behavior ⓘ
marker of Middle Paleolithic in Europe ⓘ
technologicalComplexity high for Middle Paleolithic ⓘ
timePeriod Middle Paleolithic ⓘ
toolBlankType blades (less common) ⓘ
flakes ⓘ
typeSite Le Moustier rock shelter NERFINISHED ⓘ
typeSiteLocation Dordogne, France NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Neanderthals → used → Mousterian stone tool industry ⓘ
Caves of Gibraltar → archaeologicalPeriod → Mousterian stone tool industry ⓘ
this entity surface form: Middle Palaeolithic