Mousterian

European Middle Paleolithic culture

Intangible Archaeological Culture Q259118

Facts

11 properties

Instance of: archaeological culture
Follows: Acheulean, Acheulo-Yabrudian complex^[5]^[6]
Followed by: Châtelperronian, Emirian, Baradostian culture^[7]^[8]^[9]
Part of: Middle Paleolithic^[10]
Creator: Neanderthal^[3]
Described by source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947), The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology (2nd ed.), Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947), Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 8^[14]^[15]^[16]^[17]
Discoverer or inventor: Louis Laurent Gabriel de Mortillet^[2]
End time: -31000-00-00T00:00:00Z^[13]
Has part(s): Jabroudian^[11]
Named after: Le Moustier^[4]
Start time: -313000-00-00T00:00:00Z^[12]

🏷️ Also known as

en Mousterian ar موستيرية ar حضارة موستيرية cs Moustérien de Mousterien el Μουστιαία Περίοδος es Cultura musteriense es Modo tecnico 3 es Modo técnico 3 es Musteriense fa موستری fa موسترین fi Moustier-kulttuuri fr Moustériennes fr Mousterien fr Moustériens he התרבות המוסטרית hu Le Moustier-kultúra hu moustiérien hu mustéri kultúra

🔖 Identifiers · 23

GND ID: 4170620-1
OpenAlex ID: C2775940992
Image (Wikimedia Commons): Mousterian tool 2 form Syria (University of Zurich).JPG ↗
Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID: 300019291
Article ID in the Lithuanian Universal Encyclopedia Online: moustier-kultura
BabelNet ID: 03507127n
Encyclopedie berbere keyword ID: 1352
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID: topic/Mousterian-industry
FOIH styles and cultures ID: 100
Freebase ID: /m/030g7k
Great Aragonese Encyclopedia ID: 9284
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID: Moustérien

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Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017): 2239630
HDS ID: 008039
Joconde epoch ID: T93-14
Joconde object type ID: T505-4279
Lex ID: moustérien
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued): 2775940992
Oxford Reference overview ID: 20110803100213210
PACTOLS thesaurus ID: pcrtYPJdt2SRe5
Topic's main category: Category:Mousterian
Treccani ID: musteriano
WikiKids ID: Moustérien

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🔗 Connections

Followed by 3

Châtelperronian, Baradostian culture, Emirian

Followed by (predecessor) 3

Châtelperronian, Baradostian culture, Emirian

← Culture 2

Le Moustier, racloir

Creator 1

Neanderthal

Described by source 1

Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition

Discoverer or inventor 1

Louis Laurent Gabriel de Mortillet

Follows 1

Acheulean

Has part(s) 1

Jabroudian

Has these parts 1

Jabroudian

Instance of 1

archaeological culture

Named after 1

Le Moustier

Part of 1

Middle Paleolithic

Preceded by (successor) 1

Acheulean

Topic's main category 1

Category:Mousterian

← Category's main topic 1

Category:Mousterian

← Replaces 1

Périgordian

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Summary

Mousterian is an archaeological culture^[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Mousterian — discoverer or inventor (P61): Louis Laurent Gabriel de Mortillet. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Mousterian — named after (P138): Le Moustier. The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology (2nd ed.). Retrieved 2023-03-15. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Mousterian — follows (P155): Acheulean. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Mousterian — follows (P155): Acheulo-Yabrudian complex. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Mousterian — followed by (P156): Châtelperronian. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Mousterian — followed by (P156): Emirian. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Mousterian — followed by (P156): Baradostian culture. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Mousterian — creator (P170): Neanderthal. Archaeology & Language. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Mousterian — part of (P361): Middle Paleolithic. The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology (2nd ed.). Retrieved 2023-03-15. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Mousterian — has part(s) (P527): Jabroudian. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Mousterian — start time (P580): 313000 BC. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Mousterian — end time (P582): 31000 BC. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Mousterian — described by source (P1343): Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947). wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Mousterian — described by source (P1343): The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology (2nd ed.). wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Mousterian — described by source (P1343): Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Mousterian — described by source (P1343): Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 8. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

[1] ↑ Mousterian is an instance of archaeological culture (Q465299) [P31, primary]. Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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GND ID → 4170620-1

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