Specialised production and distribution networks for flint raw materials during the Blicquy-Villeneuve-Saint-Germain Culture (Early Neolithic)
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| Year of publication | 2016 |
| Type | Chapter of a book |
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| Description | Blicquy-Villeneuve-Saint-Germain (BQ/VSQ)represents the final stage of Danubiancolonisation of Nortwest France and covers an extensive geographical area encompassing the north western quadrant of France and Belgium. Amarked rise in the discovery of BQ-VSG sites over the past three decades has permitted greater insights into this culture. Recent integrated studies of the lithic industries of these populations have enriched data previously acquired for scale raw material distribution networks used by the BW/VSG populations. These networks are structured around the production of blades, the specialised nature of which takes many forms. Three principal distribution networks can be identified: the distribution of Tertiary Bartonian flint, the distribution of Ghlin flint and the distribution of Cinglais flint. The first is without doubt the most acrive throughout the chronological sequence. At the end of the sequence it enters a period of competition with the Cinglais flint distribution network. By way of conclusion a discussion on the socio-cultural significance of this discernible boundary is presented. |