A special Neanderthal site has been discovered on a plot near the nature reserve Noordsche Veld in Peest. Archaeologists from the Stichting Stone (Stone Age Research Netherlands) and volunteer archaeologists, in collaboration with the archaeological research agency De Steekproef, have found around 650 worked flint stones and other worked stones in recent years. This makes the plot in Peest the largest surface site of Neanderthal artifacts in the northern half of our country. The researchers also found more hand axes on the plot than in all of North Netherlands combined.

De provincie Drenthe heeft de akker aangekocht waar sinds 2007 zo’n 650 door neanderthalers bewerkte stenen zijn gevonden. Op termijn wordt de akker omgevormd tot natuur, maar eerst wordt er geboord en gegraven, op zoek naar meer sporen van neanderthalers.

The European Final Palaeolithic witnessed marked changes in almost all societal domains. Despite a rich body of evidence, our knowledge of human palaeodemographic processes and regional population dyn...