La Quina, Archaeological excavation site in Gardes-le-Pontaroux, France.

La Quina is a Palaeolithic site on the left bank of the Voultron in Gardes-le-Pontaroux, Charente, with two areas, an upstream and a downstream station, along a steep rock face. The site is the type site of the Quina Mousterian.

The site was first discovered in 1872 and extensively excavated during the 20th century by Dr. Henri Martin and his daughter Germaine. Their scientific work revealed much about early human life in this region.

La Quina is the type site of the Quina Mousterian, a stone-tool tradition named after this place. Its characteristic thick, scaled scrapers were made by Neanderthals, and the site also yielded early Upper Palaeolithic industries, including Châtelperronian and Aurignacian material.

The deposits lie along the small road beside the Voultron, south of Pontaroux toward Blanzaguet, on the left bank where the slope becomes cliff. The site stretches nearly 700 m and is split into an upstream and a downstream station. It is a classified monument historique, so access is restricted; the cliff face and fence are visible from the road.

The site is the type site of the Quina Mousterian, a stone-tool tradition named after it. Two Neanderthal skulls were found here, catalogued as La Quina 5 and La Quina 18; the sources record no age for either, so the child's age sometimes cited is unsupported.