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Ten behoeve van werkzaamheden op het Sportcomplex Slenaken vindt archeologische begeleiding plaats bij de aanleg van een sleuf van 8 bij 140 meter
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Archeologische kroniek van Lfmburg 2002 15 Veldwezelt (Lanaken): de Neanderthalsite te Veldwezelt-Hezen water. Nieuwe opgravingscampagnes in de zomers van 2001 en 2002 [Patrick MMA Bringmans, Pierre M. Vermeersch, Frans Gullentops, Albert... more
Archeologische kroniek van Lfmburg 2002 15 Veldwezelt (Lanaken): de Neanderthalsite te Veldwezelt-Hezen water. Nieuwe opgravingscampagnes in de zomers van 2001 en 2002 [Patrick MMA Bringmans, Pierre M. Vermeersch, Frans Gullentops, Albert J. Groenendijk, Erik PM Meijs, Jean-Pierre De Warrimont & Jean-Marie Cordy]“' Het Laboratorium voor Prehistoric van de Katholieke Universiteit le Leuven organiseerde de voorbijejaren (1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 en 2002) reeds vijf archeologische opgravingscampagnes in de lecmgroeve “ ...
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During excavations in 2017, several pits with cremated human remains were found at the Laarakker in Haps, Land of Cuijk municipality (province of Noord-Brabant), in the southern part of the Netherlands. In addition to cremated remains and... more
During excavations in 2017, several pits with cremated human remains were found at the Laarakker in Haps, Land of Cuijk municipality (province of Noord-Brabant), in the southern part of the Netherlands. In addition to cremated remains and charcoal, one of the pits contained charred hazel nutshells and burnt flint artefacts. With an age of around 10,000 years the Haps cremation is the oldest known grave in the Netherlands. The cremation is part of an extensive Mesolithic landscape. The grave and its contents were investigated by a team of specialists; the results of this research are presented in this contribution.
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Page 1. Archeologie in Viaanderen VII - 1999/2000, 9-30 Preliminary Excavation Report on the Middle Palaeolithic Valley Settlements at Veldwezelt-Hezerwater (prov. of Limburg) Patrick MMA Bringmans, Pierre M. Vermeersch ...
The successive archaeological excavation campaigns at Veldwezelt-Hezerwater provided us with important lithic and faunal remains of at least seven separate Middle Palaeolithic valley settlements. It is indeed awesome to imagine that... more
The successive archaeological excavation campaigns at Veldwezelt-Hezerwater provided us with important lithic and faunal remains of at least seven separate Middle Palaeolithic valley settlements. It is indeed awesome to imagine that Middle Palaeolithic humans were extracting flint, were hunting animals, were collecting wood, were lighting fires, were reducing cores and were producing tools at this spot in the Hezerwater valley at different times during the Late Saalian, the late Last Interglacial s.l. and the early Middle Weichselian. Middle Palaeolithic humans, who wanted to make a living at Veldwezelt-Hezerwater in a particular climatic setting, had to respond to that setting. This fact of course led to adaptation in terms of migrational, technological and cultural behaviour, which in turn affected their clothing, shelter, mobility, meat procurement and butchery methods, and thus their lithic technology. We and other researchers (e.g., Dibble 1984; Dibble & Rolland 1992; Dibble 19...
The successive archaeological excavation campaigns at Veldwezelt-Hezerwater provided us with important lithic and faunal remains of at least seven separate Middle Palaeolithic valley settlements. It is indeed awesome to imagine that... more
The successive archaeological excavation campaigns at Veldwezelt-Hezerwater provided us with important lithic and faunal remains of at least seven separate Middle Palaeolithic valley settlements. It is indeed awesome to imagine that Middle Palaeolithic humans were extracting flint, were hunting animals, were collecting wood, were lighting fires, were reducing cores and were producing tools at this spot in the Hezerwater valley at different times during the Late Saalian, the late Last Interglacial s.l. and the early Middle Weichselian. Middle Palaeolithic humans, who wanted to make a living at Veldwezelt-Hezerwater in a particular climatic setting, had to respond to that setting. This fact of course led to adaptation in terms of migrational, technological and cultural behaviour, which in turn affected their clothing, shelter, mobility, meat procurement and butchery methods, and thus their lithic technology. We and other researchers (e.g., Dibble 1984; Dibble & Rolland 1992; Dibble 19...
The successive archaeological excavation campaigns at Veldwezelt-Hezerwater provided us with important lithic and faunal remains of at least seven separate Middle Palaeolithic valley settlements. It is indeed awesome to imagine that... more
The successive archaeological excavation campaigns at Veldwezelt-Hezerwater provided us with important lithic and faunal remains of at least seven separate Middle Palaeolithic valley settlements. It is indeed awesome to imagine that Middle Palaeolithic humans were extracting flint, were hunting animals, were collecting wood, were lighting fires, were reducing cores and were producing tools at this spot in the Hezerwater valley at different times during the Late Saalian, the late Last Interglacial s.l. and the early Middle Weichselian. Middle Palaeolithic humans, who wanted to make a living at Veldwezelt-Hezerwater in a particular climatic setting, had to respond to that setting. This fact of course led to adaptation in terms of migrational, technological and cultural behaviour, which in turn affected their clothing, shelter, mobility, meat procurement and butchery methods, and thus their lithic technology. We and other researchers (e.g., Dibble 1984; Dibble & Rolland 1992; Dibble 19...
The successive archaeological excavation campaigns at Veldwezelt-Hezerwater provided us with important lithic and faunal remains of at least seven separate Middle Palaeolithic valley settlements. It is indeed awesome to imagine that... more
The successive archaeological excavation campaigns at Veldwezelt-Hezerwater provided us with important lithic and faunal remains of at least seven separate Middle Palaeolithic valley settlements. It is indeed awesome to imagine that Middle Palaeolithic humans were extracting flint, were hunting animals, were collecting wood, were lighting fires, were reducing cores and were producing tools at this spot in the Hezerwater valley at different times during the Late Saalian, the late Last Interglacial s.l. and the early Middle Weichselian. Middle Palaeolithic humans, who wanted to make a living at Veldwezelt-Hezerwater in a particular climatic setting, had to respond to that setting. This fact of course led to adaptation in terms of migrational, technological and cultural behaviour, which in turn affected their clothing, shelter, mobility, meat procurement and butchery methods, and thus their lithic technology. We and other researchers (e.g., Dibble 1984; Dibble & Rolland 1992; Dibble 19...
The successive archaeological excavation campaigns at Veldwezelt-Hezerwater provided us with important lithic and faunal remains of at least seven separate Middle Palaeolithic valley settlements. It is indeed awesome to imagine that... more
The successive archaeological excavation campaigns at Veldwezelt-Hezerwater provided us with important lithic and faunal remains of at least seven separate Middle Palaeolithic valley settlements. It is indeed awesome to imagine that Middle Palaeolithic humans were extracting flint, were hunting animals, were collecting wood, were lighting fires, were reducing cores and were producing tools at this spot in the Hezerwater valley at different times during the Late Saalian, the late Last Interglacial s.l. and the early Middle Weichselian. Middle Palaeolithic humans, who wanted to make a living at Veldwezelt-Hezerwater in a particular climatic setting, had to respond to that setting. This fact of course led to adaptation in terms of migrational, technological and cultural behaviour, which in turn affected their clothing, shelter, mobility, meat procurement and butchery methods, and thus their lithic technology. We and other researchers (e.g., Dibble 1984; Dibble & Rolland 1992; Dibble 19...
The successive archaeological excavation campaigns at Veldwezelt-Hezerwater provided us with important lithic and faunal remains of at least seven separate Middle Palaeolithic valley settlements. It is indeed awesome to imagine that... more
The successive archaeological excavation campaigns at Veldwezelt-Hezerwater provided us with important lithic and faunal remains of at least seven separate Middle Palaeolithic valley settlements. It is indeed awesome to imagine that Middle Palaeolithic humans were extracting flint, were hunting animals, were collecting wood, were lighting fires, were reducing cores and were producing tools at this spot in the Hezerwater valley at different times during the Late Saalian, the late Last Interglacial s.l. and the early Middle Weichselian. Middle Palaeolithic humans, who wanted to make a living at Veldwezelt-Hezerwater in a particular climatic setting, had to respond to that setting. This fact of course led to adaptation in terms of migrational, technological and cultural behaviour, which in turn affected their clothing, shelter, mobility, meat procurement and butchery methods, and thus their lithic technology. We and other researchers (e.g., Dibble 1984; Dibble & Rolland 1992; Dibble 19...
The successive archaeological excavation campaigns at Veldwezelt-Hezerwater provided us with important lithic and faunal remains of at least seven separate Middle Palaeolithic valley settlements. It is indeed awesome to imagine that... more
The successive archaeological excavation campaigns at Veldwezelt-Hezerwater provided us with important lithic and faunal remains of at least seven separate Middle Palaeolithic valley settlements. It is indeed awesome to imagine that Middle Palaeolithic humans were extracting flint, were hunting animals, were collecting wood, were lighting fires, were reducing cores and were producing tools at this spot in the Hezerwater valley at different times during the Late Saalian, the late Last Interglacial s.l. and the early Middle Weichselian. Middle Palaeolithic humans, who wanted to make a living at Veldwezelt-Hezerwater in a particular climatic setting, had to respond to that setting. This fact of course led to adaptation in terms of migrational, technological and cultural behaviour, which in turn affected their clothing, shelter, mobility, meat procurement and butchery methods, and thus their lithic technology. We and other researchers (e.g., Dibble 1984; Dibble & Rolland 1992; Dibble 19...
The successive archaeological excavation campaigns at Veldwezelt-Hezerwater provided us with important lithic and faunal remains of at least seven separate Middle Palaeolithic valley settlements. It is indeed awesome to imagine that... more
The successive archaeological excavation campaigns at Veldwezelt-Hezerwater provided us with important lithic and faunal remains of at least seven separate Middle Palaeolithic valley settlements. It is indeed awesome to imagine that Middle Palaeolithic humans were extracting flint, were hunting animals, were collecting wood, were lighting fires, were reducing cores and were producing tools at this spot in the Hezerwater valley at different times during the Late Saalian, the late Last Interglacial s.l. and the early Middle Weichselian. Middle Palaeolithic humans, who wanted to make a living at Veldwezelt-Hezerwater in a particular climatic setting, had to respond to that setting. This fact of course led to adaptation in terms of migrational, technological and cultural behaviour, which in turn affected their clothing, shelter, mobility, meat procurement and butchery methods, and thus their lithic technology. We and other researchers (e.g., Dibble 1984; Dibble & Rolland 1992; Dibble 19...
The successive archaeological excavation campaigns at Veldwezelt-Hezerwater provided us with important lithic and faunal remains of at least seven separate Middle Palaeolithic valley settlements. It is indeed awesome to imagine that... more
The successive archaeological excavation campaigns at Veldwezelt-Hezerwater provided us with important lithic and faunal remains of at least seven separate Middle Palaeolithic valley settlements. It is indeed awesome to imagine that Middle Palaeolithic humans were extracting flint, were hunting animals, were collecting wood, were lighting fires, were reducing cores and were producing tools at this spot in the Hezerwater valley at different times during the Late Saalian, the late Last Interglacial s.l. and the early Middle Weichselian. Middle Palaeolithic humans, who wanted to make a living at Veldwezelt-Hezerwater in a particular climatic setting, had to respond to that setting. This fact of course led to adaptation in terms of migrational, technological and cultural behaviour, which in turn affected their clothing, shelter, mobility, meat procurement and butchery methods, and thus their lithic technology. We and other researchers (e.g., Dibble 1984; Dibble & Rolland 1992; Dibble 19...
The successive archaeological excavation campaigns at Veldwezelt-Hezerwater provided us with important lithic and faunal remains of at least seven separate Middle Palaeolithic valley settlements. It is indeed awesome to imagine that... more
The successive archaeological excavation campaigns at Veldwezelt-Hezerwater provided us with important lithic and faunal remains of at least seven separate Middle Palaeolithic valley settlements. It is indeed awesome to imagine that Middle Palaeolithic humans were extracting flint, were hunting animals, were collecting wood, were lighting fires, were reducing cores and were producing tools at this spot in the Hezerwater valley at different times during the Late Saalian, the late Last Interglacial s.l. and the early Middle Weichselian. Middle Palaeolithic humans, who wanted to make a living at Veldwezelt-Hezerwater in a particular climatic setting, had to respond to that setting. This fact of course led to adaptation in terms of migrational, technological and cultural behaviour, which in turn affected their clothing, shelter, mobility, meat procurement and butchery methods, and thus their lithic technology. We and other researchers (e.g., Dibble 1984; Dibble & Rolland 1992; Dibble 19...
The Middle Pleistocene to Late Pleistocene transition (MIS 6/5e transition), which has been observed within the loamy sediments of the VLL and VLB sites at Veldwezelt-Hezerwater, was a period of remarkable change in both climate and... more
The Middle Pleistocene to Late Pleistocene transition (MIS 6/5e transition), which has been observed within the loamy sediments of the VLL and VLB sites at Veldwezelt-Hezerwater, was a period of remarkable change in both climate and environment. Indeed, the incipient VLL-VLB soil horizons at Veldwezelt-Hezerwater seem to represent Late Saalian phases of pedogenesis under boreal conditions just prior to the MIS 6/5e transition. The pedostratigraphical position provides a firm basis to conclude that the VLL and VLB soil horizons at Veldwezelt-Hezerwater represent the terrestrial equivalent of the Late Saalian 'Zeifen Interstadial' (MIS 6.01), whereas the capping GSL unit seems to represent the terrestrial equivalent of the so-called 'Kattegat Stadial'. Indeed, assuming that Northwest Europe was too hostile for humans during the extremes of MIS 6 and given the pattern highlighted by Gamble (1986) that Northwest Europe seems to be a bit of a wasteland during MIS 5e, then...
The stretch of land on the left bank of the now dry Hezerwater valley in the Vandersanden brickyard quarry at Veldwezelt-Hezerwater (Lanaken, Province of Limburg, Belgium) has been an advantageous location for Middle Palaeolithic... more
The stretch of land on the left bank of the now dry Hezerwater valley in the Vandersanden brickyard quarry at Veldwezelt-Hezerwater (Lanaken, Province of Limburg, Belgium) has been an advantageous location for Middle Palaeolithic settlement throughout the late Middle and Late Pleistocene (Fig. 1.1.). For several years, the Vandersanden company exploited the loamy fill of the asymmetrical Hezerwater valley. The exploitation started in 1995 and came to an end in 2002. Over the last three decades, increasing attention has been paid by archaeologists to these open-air quarries as a means of examining Middle Palaeolithic occupation in Northwest Europe. Particularly in the European loess belt, researchers have invested much energy in excavating large portions of Middle Palaeolithic open-air sites. It was probable that also at the Vandersanden brickyard quarry Palaeolithic remains would be discovered. In order to deal with the expected archaeological finds in a structured way, Prof. Dr. Pi...
Kenmerkend voor het Pleistoceen (ca. 2 Ma - ca. 12 ka), is de afwisseling van ijstijden en tussenijstijden. Deze klimatologische signatuur met hoge resolutie is ook terug te vinden in de Limburgse löss-bodemsequenties.
Kenmerkend voor het Pleistoceen (ca. 2 Ma-ca. 12 ka), is de afwisseling van ijstijden en tussenijstijden. Deze klimatologische signatuur met hoge resolutie is ook terug te vinden in de Limburgse löss-bodemsequenties.
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Situé au coeur de l'Europe du Nord-Ouest, le territoire belge se carac-térise par l'apposition de régions naturelles aux caractéristiques contras-tées sur un espace restreint. Il est favorable à l'étude de la relation de l'homme... more
Situé au coeur de l'Europe du Nord-Ouest, le territoire belge se carac-térise par l'apposition de régions naturelles aux caractéristiques contras-tées sur un espace restreint. Il est favorable à l'étude de la relation de l'homme préhistorique à son environnement par le biais des importantes disparités géographiques qu'il présente en termes de ressources minérales disponibles (présence/absence de silex, morphométrie des nodules dispo-nibles), de relief (plaines/vallées encaissées et plateaux), et de types de sites représentés (plein air/grottes). Les résultats produits par les fouilles récentes et par le réexamen d'an-ciennes collections permettent d'aborder les causes de la variabilité impor-tante des industries lithiques telle que constatée depuis plus d'un siècle. L'étude d'industries lithiques réparties en différents points du pays permet de proposer un modèle de gestion du territoire par les populations néan-dertaliennes. Celui-ci consiste en un système original et performant d'adaptation aux divers contextes. Il se traduit par des différences régionales concernant les stratégies d'acquisition des matières premières et les systèmes techniques mis en oeuvre. Dans cette optique, les tendances « charentiennes » enregistrées par certaines industries lithiques sont à considérer comme des réponses particulières à des milieux contraignants. Il en résulte que le rapport à l'environnement constitue un « niveau primaire » de diversité, auquel d'autres facteurs se surimposent pour générer un « niveau secondaire » de variabilité : chronologie et variations paléo-environnementales, fonction des sites, durées et modalités d'occupation, traditions techniques et culturelles. C'est en tout cas ce que montre la confrontation des séries prises en compte : des sites d'époques différentes mais localisés dans une même région présentent plus de similitudes entre eux que des sites pénécontemporains tributaires de sous-sol distincts. Mots-clefs : Belgique, relation homme préhistorique – environnement, modalités d'occupation, traditions techniques et culturelles. Abstract: Located in the heart of northwestern Europe, Belgium is characterised by contrasting natural regions juxtaposed within a restricted space. The geographic differences in terms of: first, available mineral resources