Le Moustier

Le Moustier is an archaeological site comprising two rock shelters in Peyzac-le-Moustier, Dordogne, France [1] [2]. It is renowned for the discovery of a Homo neanderthalensis skeleton in 1908 [1] [2]. The Mousterian tool culture derives its name from this site [1] [3]. The location was first excavated in 1863 by English archaeologist Henry Christy and French paleontologist Édouard Lartet [1] [2] [4] [5]. In 1979, Le Moustier was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List as part of the Prehistoric Sites and Decorated Caves of the Vézère Valley [1].