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Location: Valkenburg Aan De Geul, Limburg, Netherlands

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Roland

September 9, 2018

Mines that were used about 3300 years BC and therefore over 5000 years old. Here Flintstone flint was mined.

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Stephan N

March 28, 2022

On the southwestern edge of Valkenburg (between Maastricht and Aachen), directly below the edge of a plateau, there are some remains of Neolithic flint pits on the Plenkertstraat.

Due to the growing need for flint to make hatchets, hoes, blades and other tools in the Neolithic, suitable quality material could no longer be obtained in sufficient quantities by surface collection. Therefore, shafts were sunk to reach layers of flint nodules, e.g. at Rijkholt and Valkenburg. Hoes made of flint and deer antler were used for sinking and dismantling. Traces of the tools can still be clearly seen in the remains of the shafts near Valkenburg.

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untertage.com/publikationen/19-europa/123-neolithischer-feuerstein-bergbau-in-valkenburg-niederlande.html

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Jeroen

October 20, 2020

Public location with interesting information on signs.

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Location: Valkenburg Aan De Geul, Limburg, Netherlands

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