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ries and M()rksb()[)s at Spieiiues, which beh)iig to the Neolithic or 



poliished-stone age; the other was at a iieighboriug h)cality (;alh'd ]Mes- 



vin, where had beeu foiiud 



evideiu'es of the workings of 



man during the Paleolithic 



period. 



The mines of flint at Spien- 

 nes cover about 50 acres, and 

 the surface for twice that 

 area is strewu with pieces 

 that have beeu more or less 

 worked, and are evidence of 

 human industry and occu- 

 pation in prehistoric times. 

 M. Neyrinck collected many 

 of these pieces, which he de- 

 posited iu the Prehistoric 

 Museum at P>russels. The 

 first discover}" of these 

 pieces was by Albert Toil- 

 liez, who made a collection 

 of the material, Implements, 

 tools, debris, etc., in the year 



1840, which in 1805 was sold i : I | S J I i ^ % iti 



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The discoveries of Toilliez 

 attra(;ted the attention of 

 students and caused further 

 investigations,which in 1860 

 resulted in the discovery of 

 the mines of flint, and that 

 they had been worked by 

 prehistoric man, and that 

 tlie plateau had been avast 

 workshop. 



The flint of this locality 

 came in modern times to be 



exploited for the manufac- '^ ^^'z ^ i*i 



ture of i)orcelain, and in this 

 way the excavations of an 

 ti(|uity were frequently en- 

 countered. In 1867 the con- 

 struction of the railway from 

 Mons to Charleroi was begun by the way of or near to the little town 

 of Binche. The construction of the railway required a deep cutting 

 through the plateau between the river De iSTouvelles and La Trouille. 

 On this plateau were located the flint mines of Spiennes. The locality 



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