Tayacian
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The Tayacian is a Palaeolithic stone tool industry that is a variant of the Mousterian
. It was first identified from the site of La Micoque in Les-Eyzies-de-Tayac although since then the cave at Fontéchevade
has become the "reference site for this industry".
Mousterian
Mousterian is a name given by archaeologists to a style of predominantly flint tools associated primarily with Homo neanderthalensis and dating to the Middle Paleolithic, the middle part of the Old Stone Age.-Naming:...
. It was first identified from the site of La Micoque in Les-Eyzies-de-Tayac although since then the cave at Fontéchevade
Fontéchevade
Fontéchevade is a cave in Charente, France which contains Palaeolithic remains.-References:*Chase, P.G., Debenath, A., Dibble, H.L. and McPherron, S.P. 2009. The Cave of Fontéchevade: Recent Excavations and their Paleoanthropological Implications. New York: Cambridge University Press....
has become the "reference site for this industry".