6000 years of cultural landscape formation in the Demer basin: from the onset of the Neolithic to early medieval times

This project is part of a larger research programme on the evolution of human-landscape interactions in the Demer basin (BE). The wide variation of landscapes within this region, covering loess covered hills of the Hesbaye region as well as the coversand landscapes of the Campine region, makes it of particular interest for the study of long term human-environment interactions and the formation of the cultural landscape. The timescope of this project was set at a 6 Millennium window, between the arrival of the first sedentary farming communities at the end of the 6th millennium cal BC, up to the major changes in cultural landscape and agricultural practices in the medieval times around 1000 AD.

Keywords:Demer basin

Disciplines:Regional archaeology