Twenty-five Years Excavating Flint Mines in France and Belgium: an Assessment

Françoise Bostyn; Hélène Collet; Emmanuel Ghesquière; Hauzeur Anne; Pierre-Arnaud De Labriffe; Cyril Marcigny

Twenty-five Years Excavating Flint Mines in France and Belgium: an Assessment

Françoise Bostyn ^{1, 2} Hélène Collet ³ Emmanuel Ghesquière ^{1, 4} Hauzeur Anne ⁵ Pierre-Arnaud De Labriffe ² Cyril Marcigny ^{1, 4}

1 Inrap - Institut national de recherches archéologiques préventives

2 Trajectoires - UMR 8215

3 Direction de l’archéologie du Service Public de Wallonie

4 CReAAH - Centre de Recherche en Archéologie, Archéosciences, Histoire

5 SARL Paléotime

Abstract : Twenty-five years of experience in excavating flint mines allow us to give a methodological overview about sites char-acterized by the sheer depth of some structures, the often vast extensions of the deposits and the specialised activities that were carried out there. By comparing operations undertaken up to fifteen years apart, the importance of accurate stratigraphic and planimetric records becomes clear. Palaeoenvironmental approaches probably have to be multiplied in view of the results ob-tained when sampling is systematic. If the use of a mechanical excavator is inescapable to create large geological cross sections and allows the excavation of a large number of structures, an agreement emerges to consider that its exclusive use should be avoided. It should be regarded as a complement to be employed once a certain number of previous stages have been completed

Keywords : flint mines geological trenches 3D mapping knapping workshops mechanical excavation palaeoenvironment

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Humanities and Social Sciences / Archaeology and Prehistory

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