Contribution of archaeobotany to the understanding of neolithic societies ; Apport de l'archéobotanique à la compréhension des sociétés néolithiques ; Contribution of archaeobotany to the understanding of neolithic societies: Charcoal analysis and palaeoethnobotany of nine Linearbandkeramik sites in Middle-Belgium (5200-5000 BC) ; Apport de l'archéobotanique à la compréhension des sociétés néolithiques: Analyses anthracologiques et carpologiques de neuf sites rubanés de Moyenne-Belgique (5200-5000 av. J.-C.)

Linearbandkeramik (LBK) pottery, lithic industries and architecture are well known. Paradoxically, there have been relatively few studies either of the vegetation in areas where the first farmers of Middle-Belgium settled at the end of the 6th millennium BC or of their plant economy. Charcoal, carbonized seeds and fruits of nine LBK sites in Middle-Belgium are analysed. There are at least two phases of occupation in the region. The first settlers exploited the main components of the oak and ash forest : oak, ash and hazelnut. During the second phase, gathering of firewood was more diversified... Mehr ...