Chapter 1. Geoarchaeology during Late Glacial in northern France

Abstract

The context Between the Gohelle chalky ‘glacis’ land and the low, sandy and clay hills of the Pévèle region, the Dourges area forms a low interfluve between the Deûle river-valley bottom and the Scarp plain (Escaut catchment). The relief is gentle and the topography of low areas subdued (Fig. 1). In spite of extensive urbanisation and industrialisation, the Quaternary stratigraphy of the area was unknown before the archaeological investigations, which were conducted prior the creation of a mu..