ORBi: Miller Rebecca - La séquence mésolithique et néolithique du Trou Al'Wesse (Belgique) : Résultats pluridisciplinaires

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	Document type :	Scientific journals : Article
	Discipline(s) :	Arts & humanities : Archaeology
	To cite this reference:	http://hdl.handle.net/2268/77348

Title :	La séquence mésolithique et néolithique du Trou Al'Wesse (Belgique) : Résultats pluridisciplinaires
Language :	French
Alternative title :	[en] The Mesolithic and Neolithic sequence at Trou Al'Wesse (Belgium): Multidisciplinary results
Author, co-author :	Miller, Rebecca [Université de Liège - ULg > Département des sciences historiques > Archéologie préhistorique >]
	Zwyns, Nicolas [> >]
	Otte, Marcel [Université de Liège - ULg > Département des sciences historiques > Archéologie préhistorique >]
	Stevens, Chris [Wessex Archaeology > > > >]
	Stewart, John [Bournemouth University > > > >]
Publication date :	2012
Journal title :	Anthropologie (L')
Publisher :	Elsevier Science
Volume :	116
Pages :	99-126
Peer reviewed :	Yes (verified by ORBi)
Audience :	International
ISSN :	0003-5521
City :	Paris
Country :	France
Keywords :	[en] Mesolithic ; Neolithic ; stratigraphy ; lithic analysis ; radiometric dating ; zooarchaeology ; archaeobotany ; Holocene
Abstract :	[en] The site of Trou Al’Wesse has been interpreted as a site of possible contact between Mesolithic and Neolithic populations, given the discovery of Neolithic ceramics and Mesolithic tools in stratum 4. However, recent excavations have also revealed the presence of three Early Mesolithic facies overlain by a Neolithic layer, while a Late Mesolithic presence is suggested for a fourth facies at the base of the terrace slope. Lithic and faunal analyses, as well as spatial analysis of the stratigraphic position of material recovered, indicate a clear separation of Mesolithic and Neolithic occupations. We present a new interpretation of the sequence of Holocene human occupations at Trou Al'Wesse in light of these data, arguing that the site was regularly occupied during the Early Mesolithic, forming a palimpsest of these visits, followed by an occupational hiatus and then re-occupation during the Late Mesolithic. The Early Neolithic is a separate occupation clearly unrelated to the Early Mesolithic underlying it, but ongoing fieldwork may recover data concerning the Final Mesolithic and its relation to the Early Neolithic at the site.
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