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| Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes (Mons)UNESCO World Heritage SiteSection of mines at SpiennesLocationSpiennes, Mons, Hainaut, Wallonia, BelgiumCriteriaCultural:xc2xa0(i), (iii), (iv)Reference1006Inscription2000 (24th session)Area172xc2xa0ha (430 acres)Websitewww.minesdespiennes.orgCoordinates50xc2xb025xe2x80xb250.772xe2x80xb3N 3xc2xb058xe2x80xb243.644xe2x80xb3Exefxbbxbf / xefxbbxbf50.43077000xc2xb0N 3.97879000xc2xb0Exefxbbxbf / 50.43077000; 3.97879000Coordinates: 50xc2xb025xe2x80xb250.772xe2x80xb3N 3xc2xb058xe2x80xb243.644xe2x80xb3Exefxbbxbf / xefxbbxbf50.43077000xc2xb0N 3.97879000xc2xb0Exefxbbxbf / 50.43077000; 3.97879000Location of Neolithic flint mines of Spiennes in Belgium | WIKI |
| The Neolithic flint mines of Spiennes are among the largest and earliest Neolithic flint mines which survive in north-western Europe, located close to the Walloon village of Spiennes, southeast of Mons, Belgium. | WIKI |
| The site is dotted with millions of scraps of worked flint and numerous mining pits, that Neolithic settlers have gradually turned into vertical mine shafts to depths of over 10xc2xa0m (33xc2xa0ft). | WIKI |
| A seminal stage of human inventiveness, technological and cultural application and progress, the transition between opencast and underground mining for flint nodules is impressively displayed and documented. | WIKI |
| Research has illustrated Neolithic techniques for the cutting of the flint and the extraction of large slabs of flint, that weighed up to hundreds of kilos. | WIKI |
| The nodules were extracted using flint picks. | WIKI |
| flint mines of Champ xc3xa0 Cailloux mines of Champ xc3xa0 Cailloux Excavations in Champ xc3xa0 Cailloux | WIKI |
| The site has been compared with Grimes Graves and Cissbury in the United Kingdom, and Krzemionki in Poland, which are also sources of flint stone. | WIKI |
| Deer antler pick (Grimes Graves) Late Stone Age flint axe, about 31xc2xa0cm long | WIKI |
| The Neolithic Flint Mines of Spiennes occupy two chalk plateaux located to the south-east of the city of Mons. | UNESCO |
| The site appears on the surface as a large area of meadows and fields strewn with millions of scraps of worked flint. | UNESCO |
| The Neolithic Flint Mines of Spiennes are the largest and earliest concentration of ancient mines of north-west Europe. | UNESCO |
| In the Neolithic period, (from the last third of the 5th millennium until the first half of the 3rd millennium), the site was the centre of intensive flint mining present underground. | UNESCO |
| Neolithic populations could thus pass below levels made up of large blocks of flint (up to 2m in length) that they extracted using a particular technique called xe2x80x98strikingxe2x80x99 (freeing from below with support of a central chalk wall, shoring up of the block, removal of the wall, removal of the props and lowering of the block). | UNESCO |
| Stone-working workshops were associated with these mining shafts as is witnessed by numerous fragments of flint still present on the surface and which give its name to a part of the site, Camp xc3xa0 Cayaux (Stone Field). | UNESCO |
| The standardisation of the production bears witness to the highly skilled craftsmanship of the stone-cutters of the flint of Spiennes. | UNESCO |
| xc2xa0Criterion (i): The Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes provide exceptional testimony to early human inventiveness and application. | UNESCO |
| Criterion (iii): The arrival of the Neolithic cultures marked a major milestone in human cultural and technological development, which is vividly illustrated by the vast complex of ancient flint mines at Spiennes. | UNESCO |
| Criterion (iv): The flint mines at Spiennes are outstanding examples of the Neolithic mining of flint, which marked a seminal stage of human technological and cultural progress. | UNESCO |
| Ancient maps show it as agricultural land, lying fallow in the areas where an abundance of flint made it unsuitable for crops. | UNESCO |
| In the 19th century flint was once again exploited, mainly on the surface for the manufacture of gun flints. | UNESCO |
| The Neolithic Flint Mines of Spiennes are fully authentic. | UNESCO |