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Reference : The stratified Early to Late Mesolithic sequence at Trou Al'Wesse (Modave, Belgium)


	Document type :	Scientific congresses and symposiums : Paper published in a book
	Discipline(s) :	Arts & humanities : Archaeology
	To cite this reference:	http://hdl.handle.net/2268/77340

Title :	The stratified Early to Late Mesolithic sequence at Trou Al'Wesse (Modave, Belgium)
Language :	English
Alternative title :	[fr] La séquence stratifiée mésolithique du Trou Al'Wesse (commune de Modave, belgique)
Author, co-author :	Miller, Rebecca [Université de Liège - ULg > Département des sciences historiques > Archéologie préhistorique >]
	Stewart, John [Bournemouth University > > > >]
	Zwyns, Nicolas [ > > ]
	Otte, Marcel [Université de Liège - ULg > Département des sciences historiques > Archéologie préhistorique >]
Publication date :	2009
Main document title :	Chronology and Evolution within the Mesolithic of North-West Europe: Proceedings of an International Meeting, Brussels, May 30th-June 1st, 2007
Editor :	Crombé, Philippe
	Van Strydonck, Mark
	Sergant, Joris
	Boudin, Mathieu
	Bats, Machteld
Publisher :	Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Pages :	277-296
On invitation :	Yes
Audience :	International
ISBN :	1443814210
City :	Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Country :	England
Event name :	Chronology and Evolution within the Mesolithic of North-West Europe
Event date :	from 30-5-2007 to 1-6-2007
Event organizer :	Philippe Crombé, Mark Van Strydonck, Joris Sergant, Mathieu Boudin, Machteld Bats
Event place (city) :	Brussels
Event country :	Belgium
Keywords :	[en] Mesolithic ; chronology ; North-west Europe
Abstract :	[en] Ongoing excavations on the terrace of the cave site of Trou Al’Wesse (Modave, Belgium) have yielded evidence from a stratified sequence dating from the end of the Early Mesolithic to the Early Neolithic. Stratum 4b is divided into a series of laterally superimposed facies ( - ), each of which contains palimpsests of lithics and fauna. The oldest facies ( ) has been dated to 9000±40 BP (Beta-209871) and the most recent ( ) to 6650±70 BP (Lv-1751). These dates demonstrate the regular re-occupation of the site during the Early and Late Mesolithic, with a significant occupational hiatus during the Middle Mesolithic. Isolated human remains include a cranial fragment dated to 6540±45 BP (OxA-10561) and a deciduous incisor. The interdisciplinary project integrates geological, archaeological and environmental data to address hypotheses related to continuity and change across the Pleistocene-Holocene transition and human response to changing environmental conditions, change during the Mesolithic period, and the Mesolithic-Neolithic transition.
Target :	Researchers ; Professionals ; Students ; General public
Permalink :	http://hdl.handle.net/2268/77340

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