THE MACQUENOISE SANDSTONE : A suitable Lochkovian raw material for ancient millstones : quarries, properties, manufacture and distribution (Belgium-France)

International audience ; Since a few years a French-Belgian team of archeologists and geologists work on the characterization of ancient quern stones and millstones (mainly from the Antique period) linked with the identification of their stratigraphical and geographical provenances.This fruitful collaboration aims at reconstructing the ancient commercial roads and economic organization of territories during that period.In addition to the better-known volcanic rocks from the Eifel area, our study revealed the frequent occurrence of particular Devonian conglomerates and sandstones from the Arden... Mehr ...