Excavations ongoing into the cave.

Sieving at Sete Agglopole.

Remains of fauna.

Cristal rock tool.

Photo Dump Antonègre Excavations 2025 🐐🦴🪨

Despite the difficulties, some nice discoveries with a great team!

With the support of DRAC Occitanie, Sète Agglopole, HNHP & LAMPEA Labs and Archéologies 🙏

#Palhérault #MiddlePaleolithic #Mousterian #fieldwork #archaeology

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Pressure on #Neanderthals in S Italy, during aridity in Middle #Palaeolithic to get #fats, when carbs less available. The same kind of thing would have been true for #Homosapiens in dry-season contexts, facing possible protein toxicity/'rabbit starvation'. For such large-brained humans this was […]

The dig is now fully on at Arma delle Manie, over 40 years since the last excavations took place at the site. The late Mousterian is what we're focusing on in this project, which is a collaboration by the Universities of Montréal, Genoa and Bologna. #Neanderthals #Mousterian 🦣🏺

There it is! Searched through The Collection of stone hand tools from this Project to find one similar to the Neanderthal girl from Pontnewydd in the reconstruction. Lower Middle Palaeolithic #Neanderthal #Prehistory #lithics #Mousterian #Wirral #AncientBluesky 🏺🪨

On the Mousterian origin of bone-tipped hunting weapons in Europe: Evidence from Mezmaiskaya Cave, North Caucasus This paper presents a detailed analysis of a unique pointy bone artefact produced by Neanderthals, which was found in 2003 in a Middle Paleolithic lay…

Original study:

L. V. Golovanova et al., On the #Mousterian origin of bone-tipped #hunting weapons in Europe: Evidence from #MezmaiskayaCave, North Caucasus, Journal of Archaeological Science 179, 2025. 🔐💵

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Preparing the exhibits for the prehistoric gallery of the Lorestan Archaeological Museum was a deeply rewarding experience. #Lorestan #museum #paleolithic #zagros #mousterian #fossil

From teeth to seasons: Integrated analysis on ungulate game applied to two late Neanderthals’ contexts in the Italian Alps Human-environment interactions and spatio-temporal organization of the activities are of prime importance to decipher Paleolithic way of life. To addr…

PAPER ALERT! 🦣🏺🧪
Last study about #seasonality and #extent of #neanderthals occupation by means of #cementochronology and #dentalwearanalysis is out!
New data on #mousterian layers of #FumaneCave

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Cut marks, count marks, or ... "a definite message" from the past? 🤔

Engraved 120,000 y/o aurochs bone from #Mousterian hunting camp site of #NesherRamla (Israel) considered oldest (yet known) #abstract representation in the...

The European #Mousterian is the product of #Neanderthals. It existed roughly from 160,000 to 40,000 BP.

#Mousterian