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A Neolithic Flint Mine

The start of farming in prehistoric Europe increased the demand for flint tools. Excavation at one flint-rich valley in the Netherlands shows how miners dug up flints by the ton more than 5,000 years ago

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Scientific American Magazine Vol 240 Issue 6This article was originally published with the title “A Neolithic Flint Mine” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 240 No. 6 (), p. 126
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0679-126