La Quina

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La Quina 5
La Quina 18, a child

La Quina is a Middle and Early Upper Palaeolithic site in Gardes-le-Pontaroux, Charente, France. Two Neanderthal skulls were found there, La Quina 5 and La Quina 18. It is the type site of the Quina Mousterian.

It was discovered in 1872, and was classified as a French monument historique in 1984.[1]


References

  1. ^ Base Mérimée: Gisement de la Quina, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)