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The Mines of Spiennes cover some 100 ha (250 acres) of downland four miles south-east of the city of Mons. The site is dotted with millions of scraps of worked flint and numerous mining pits, that Neolithic settlers have gradually turned into vertical mine shafts to depths of over 10 m (33 ft). Underneath is an elaborate man-made network of ...
Mons rue du 11 Novembre 53053-CLT-0006-01 Info. Museum van Centenaire, oude Mont-de-Piété: Witnesses to the activity of the underground flint mine and the ensemble of the "Camp à Caillaux" (nl) (fr) Mons Cailloux
Flint mining is the process of extracting flint from underground. Flint mines can be as simple as a pit on the surface or an area of quarrying, or it may refer to a series of shafts and tunnels used to extract flint. Flint has been mined since the Palaeolithic, but was most common during the Neolithic.
Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes: Hainaut: 2000 1006; i, iii, iv (cultural) The flint mines at Spiennes are Europe's largest and earliest neolithic mines. Between the last third of the 5th millennium and the first half of the 3rd millennium, these mines were used to extract flint, a crucial material for stone tools. People were using different ...
Spiennes (French pronunciation:; Walloon: Spiene) is a sub-municipality of the city of Mons located in the province of Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium. It was a separate municipality until 1977. On 1 January 1977, it was merged into Mons. [1]
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Spiennes, another famous Walloon village in the municipality of Mons, Province of Hainaut, has well known neolithic flint mines [5] that are included on UNESCO's list of World Heritage Sites. The entry on the list describes them as "the largest and earliest concentration of ancient mines in Europe" and cites the level of early technological ...
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