Mousterian

English

Adjective

Mousterian (not comparable)

  1. Of or from Le Moustier.
  2. Characteristic of the Neanderthal inhabitants or culture of this region.
    • 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 126:
      We know that in Mousterian times, the time of Neanderthal humanity, there was a bear cult.
  3. Characteristic of Paleolithic flint tools found in this region.

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