Publication details
Découverte d'un petit ensemble du Mésolithique moyen sur le site d'Ath "les Haleurs" (Hainaut, BE)
| Title in English | Discovery of a small assemblage from the Middle Mesolithic on the site of Ath "les Haleurs" (Hainaut, BE) |
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| Year of publication | 2021 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Notae Praehistoricae |
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| Keywords | Ath « Les Haleurs »; Province of Hainaut; Mesolithic; lithic industry; RMS-A; “Rhein- Meuse-Schelde” type A |
| Description | The Walloon Heritage Agency led a preventive excavation operation at Ath “Les Haleurs” be- tween 2015 and 2017. This operation allows the discovery of two Early Neolithic – one LBK and one Blicquy/Villeneuve-Saint-Germain- villages. But the study of the lithic industry revealed the existence of a small corpus of pieces related to the Mesolithic. About sixty pieces, discovered in the Neolithic pits, show the characteristics of the techno-complex “Rhein-Meuse-Schelde” type A (RMS-A). The LBK and Blicquians communities of Ath therefore settled in the same place and passed through this Mesolithic deposit during their respective occupations. |
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