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Sunday 17 September 2023, 14:30Passed
Conditions
Free. On registration. Validation of tickets 30 minutes before the visit to the ticket office of the cave of Font-de-Game. Vehicle necessary to get to the Moustier on your own for the visit scheduled at 14:30.
September 2023
Sunday 17
14:30 - 16:00
13 to 99 years old

Gisement du Moustier

24620 Le Moustier
  • Dordogne
  • Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Discovery of a Neanderthal site.

Accompanied by Bruno Maureille, Research Director at the CNRS and Director of the Department of Archaeological Sciences at the University of Bordeaux, paleoanthropologist, specialist in human evolutio
Sunday 17 September 2023, 14:30Passed
Conditions
Free. On registration. Validation of tickets 30 minutes before the visit to the ticket office of the cave of Font-de-Game. Vehicle necessary to get to the Moustier on your own for the visit scheduled at 14:30.
©Philippe Berthé / Centre des monuments nationaux

Accompanied by Bruno Maureille, Director of Research at the CNRS and Director of the Department of Archaeological Sciences of the University of Bordeaux, paleoanthropologist, specialist in human evolution, you will have the opportunity to discover the Moustier deposit, site of the «Mousterian» culture, during a conference visit. This deposit, which largely corresponds to the occupation of Neanderthals, revealed two exceptional burials, those of a teenager and a newborn, discovered in 1908 and 1914. The abundance of lithic industries and faunal remains testifies to an intensive use of the shelter.
This conference visit in French will take place on an outdoor site. It is recommended to provide an outfit adapted to the weather conditions and closed shoes.
The validation of the tickets will take place at 2pm at the ticket office of the Grotte de Font-de-Gaume (Les Eyzies). Visitors must have a personal vehicle to get to the Moustier by their own means (the site is located about 10 km from the ticket office) for the visit scheduled at 14:30. On site, parking possible on the parking of the church, below the deposit. The climb to reach the site has a gravel surface with an altitude difference of more than 8%. Be careful, due to the nature of the site, there will be mention of the death of young children.

Types d'événement
Visite commentée / Conférence
Thèmes 2023
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Conditions de participation
Gratuit, Sur inscription
Type de public
Tout public

About the location

Gisement du Moustier
24620 Le Moustier
  • Dordogne
  • Nouvelle-Aquitaine
This site, which gave its name to the Mousterian era, corresponds largely to the occupation of Neanderthals. Two exceptional graves were discovered there in 1908 and 1914.
Tags
Patrimoine mondial de l'UNESCO, Tourisme et handicap, Monument historique, Site archéologique
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