Settlement of the first farmers in the Belgian loess belt, the edaphic factor. ...

Abstract: The first farmers to settle in the Belgian loess belt belong to the Linearbandkeramik Culture (LBK), formerly Danubian Culture, and the Blicquy/Villeneuve-Saint-Germain group. As elsewhere in Europe, these populations preferred settling on loess soils. We can distinguish three patterns when they reached Belgium. Firstly, they settled only at the southern and eastern fringe of the loess belt. Secondly, the village occupations lasted only about one generation (some 25 years). Thirdly ,after 2 to 3 centuries the occupation ends, leaving a hiatus before the next period of settlements. Se... Mehr ...