The Mesolithic wetland-site of Kerkhove-Stuw (Upper-Scheldt valley, western Belgium)
Prior to the excavations at Kerkhove-Stuw, carried out in 2015-2016 by GATE bvba and Ghent University, data gathered through manual and mechanical coring demonstrated the presence of Mesolithic occupations on the top of a Late Glacial levee, adjacent to a palaeochannel of the river Scheldt. The presence of thick packets of Holocene peat and alluvial deposits on top of the levee indicated good preservation conditions for both the archaeological and environmental remains. Subsequent excavations over a surface of ca . 4000 m² led to the discovery of thirteen lithic concentrations dating from the... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | conference |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2017 |
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European Association of Archaeologists
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Schlagwörter: | History and Archaeology / wetland Mesolithic palaeoenvironment |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26993139 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/8686360 |