Detecting sealed final paleolithic hunter-gatherer sites in the Scheldt valley (NW Belgium) : an integrated approach

During the Late Glacial recolonization of NW Europe, hunter-gatherers preferably settled in sheltered environments and along river valleys and lake edges. In the Scheldt valley of NW Belgium, however, remains of these Late Glacial settlers are scarce. It is at present not clear whether this scarcity is related to specific taphonomic factors and/or corresponds to a prehistoric reality. Moreover, the few known sites in the Scheldt floodplain all seem to belong to the Younger Dryas (final stage of the Late Glacial), which led to the recent hypothesis of a possible population shift from the inland... Mehr ...