Neolithization Processes of East Belgium : Supra-Regional Relationships Between Groups Highlighted by Technological Analysis of Lithic Industry

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DENIS Soléne BURNEZ-LANOTTE Laurence TRAMPOTA František

Year of publication 2021
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Open Archaeology
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Faculty of Arts

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Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/opar-2020-0180
Keywords Early Neolithic; East Belgium; lithic industry; technological analysis; technical traditions
Description Technological analysis of variations in blade production and the flow of siliceous raw materials revealed new understandings of different types of socio-economic functioning on a supra-regional scale. In this article, we are focusing on supra-regional relationships between technical groups and the social dynamics involved in early Neolithic mobility within the communities of East Belgium. A detailed technological analysis was done to highlight discrete characteristics that permit the identification of distinct technical groups within the village of Vaux-et-Borset. Four technical groups have been identified in the Blicquy/Villeneuve-Saint-Germain village, whereas two technical groups have been highlighted for the previous Linear Pottery culture (LPC) occupation. The search for the origin of the different technical groups was to understand the micro-processes of Neolithization in East Belgium. A central area with a high-density population during the pioneer LPC colonization, Hesbaye became a peripheral occupation area of the Blicquy/Villeneuve-Saint-Germain culture. This fringe territory seemed to attract neighbouring communities in different ways. Multidirectional dynamics seems to characterize this small territory leading to the coexistence of a high diversity of technical groups.
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