Kemmelberg

Lithic finds of the 'First Farmers' Neolithic period which have been unearthed around the Kemmelberg include scrapers, blades, knives, fragments of polished axes, tranchet axes, and a grinding stone.

Fragments of polished axes, Kemmelberg.

The specimens on the left and right have been reworked.

Three brown-grey retouched blades, Kemmelberg.

Four knives with blunted or natural edge, Kemmelberg.

Tranchet axe in local flint, Kemmelberg.

Fragment of a hardstone dolerite axe, Kemmelberg.

This discovered fragment of a hardstone dolerite axe may have come from Quelfénec in Brittany, 500km from the Kemmelberg as the crow flies.

Sandstone grinding stone, Kemmelberg.

This image of a discovered sandstone grinding stone is illustrated with a runner and grains.

 

RELATED KEMMELBERG LINKS:
First Farmers
Earliest Humans
Neolithic Enclosures
Prospection Fieldwalking Finds
Earthenware in Situ

RELATED HISTORY FILES LINKS:
Early Cultures of Europe
Neolithic Farmer Cultures in Europe
Modern Belgium
Modern Netherlands

 

Text copyright © Archeo Kemmelberg. An original feature for the History Files: Kemmelberg.