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The 13 pages that link to Mousterian, each with the reason it gives.

• NeanderthalBroader topic: It is the best-known archaeological tradition linked to Neanderthal populations.

• OldowanCompared with: Mousterian assemblages use more varied, prepared-core strategies than Oldowan assemblages.

• PaleolithicBroader topic: Its prepared-core techniques illustrate regional and technological variation in the era.

• Lithic reductionBroader topic: Mousterian assemblages document varied, prepared-core reduction strategies.

• Levallois techniqueRelated: Levallois production is common in many Mousterian assemblages.

• Lithic technologyBroader topic: Its prepared-core methods show increasingly planned flake production.

• Venus figurineCompared with: Its earlier chronology helps distinguish Upper Paleolithic figurines from older archaeological traditions.

• Middle PaleolithicRelated: Its characteristic tools give the period its most familiar archaeological signature.

• Stone AgeBroader topic: Its prepared-core methods illustrate sophisticated Paleolithic tool production.

• Lower PaleolithicCompared with: Its flake-based toolkits contrast with the earlier prominence of Acheulean handaxes.

• Tool (implement)Broader topic: Mousterian tools illustrate more controlled production of specialized stone flakes.

• Neanderthal extinctionRelated: Its regional disappearance helps archaeologists trace changes near the end of Neanderthal occupation.

• Lewis BinfordRelated: Binford used variation in Mousterian assemblages to debate how tools related to behavior and function.