Michelsberger culture artefacts from museum stock - found in Camp-a-Cayaux, Belgium
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| Object: | Neolithic artefacts from the Michelsberg culture (Remaining group of at least 400 artefacts) |
| Material: | Flint, presumably from the neolithic mine near Spiennes (Mons), Belgium. |
| Find spot: | Camp-à-Cayaux, near Spiennes (Mons), Belgium. |
| Period: | 4500 BC to 3500 BC. Neolithic. |
| Description | Worked flint from the Neolithic period. The artefacts are several centimeter long chips or tools produced by the so-called Michelsberg Kultur. They are made from flint and have clearly been worked in neolithic times. This group of originally approx. 600 artefacts (at least 400 pieces from that in our stock) is a single find from Camp-à-Cayaux near the neolithic mine of Spiennes (Mons) in Belgium. The group was brought in a private museum in the late 1970ies. The fotos show an example from the whole group. |
| Dimensions: | Various. Most between 40mm and 130mm in length, some pieces smaller or larger. |
| Condition: | Fine condition with clear indications human workmanship. |
| Remarks: | The neolithic flint mines near Spienne in Belgium are part of UNESCO's world heritage since the year 2000 (Id. N°: 1006). With the second half of the 5. Millenium BC stone from the Spienne mine was worked in socially increasingly complex neolithic groups in that region. No doubt a source of wealth to that cultures. The groups of that area are refered to as Michaelsberg culture. They flourished from the mid 5th Millenium BC until the mid 4th Millenium BC in middle Europe. Their culture streched from Germany, northern France to Belgium. Around Spienne, it was finally replaced by the Seine-Oise-Marne culture, which did not use the nearby mine anymore [2]. |
| Literature: | [1] Badisches Landesmuseum Karlsruhe, "Jungsteinzeit im Umbruch. Die Michelsberger Kultur und Mitteleuropa vor 6000 Jahren.", Katalog zur Ausstellung im Badischen Landesmuseum Karlsruhe 20.11.2010 bis 15.5.2011. Primus Verlag, Darmstadt (2010). [2] Donar Reiskoffer, Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes (Mons), UNESCO Documents Archive(2007). For dating the finds: [3] J. Lüning, "Die Michelsberger Kultur. Ihre Funde in zeitlicher und räumlicher Gliederung.", Berichte der Römisch-Germanischen Kommission 48 (1967). |
| Provenance: | Found 1979 at Camp-à-Cayaux, near Spiennes (Mons), Belgium. Afterwards in a privat museum in Amersfoort, Netherlands. Acquired from there by the durch antiquities dealer W. Stormbroek. Bought as a whole group when he sold his stock in 2010. |
| Authenticity: | Authenticity is guaranteed. We give a lifetime return option on authenticity for all our artefacts. |
