Hazelnuts were an important foodstuff for Early to Mid-Holocene (Mesolithic) hunter-
gatherers all over North-western and Central Europe, mainly thanks to their high fat content …

In the cover sand area of the NW European plain very little is known about fireplaces within
Mesolithic settlement areas. Yet the frequent occurrence of burnt ecofacts (hazelnut shells …

Situated along the southern fringe of the North Sea basin, northwest Belgium holds great
potential for understanding hunter–gatherer responses to environmental change at the …

The adoption of agriculture is one of the major developments in human history.
Archaeological studies have demonstrated that the trajectories of Neolithisation in Northwest …

THIS PAPER FOCUSES on the neolithisation process in two different landscape zones of
the Scheldt basin extending over western Belgium: first, the northern coversand lowland …

Abstract Analysis of wood charcoal and seeds from 'Doel sector M', a Swifterbant site (ca.
4600–4000 bc) from NW Belgium, provides information on the environment, plant food …

In this paper we contest the anthropogenic character of small and shallow charcoal-filled pits
which occur in large numbers on Mesolithic sites in the coversand area of the northwest …

In 2005, an Iron Age pit containing an exceptionally large amount of charred acorns was
excavated in Boezinge (prov. West-Vlaanderen/B). The discovery raises questions about the …

This article investigates the firewood collection strategies at late Mesolithic and early and
middle Neolithic Dutch wetland sites dating to 5500—3400 cal BC. It provides an overview …

The excavations of the multiperiod (Mesolithic-Neolithic) site of Bazel-Sluis in the lower
Scheldt valley in Belgium revealed the presence of a number of carbonized cereal grains, of …