Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes (Mons)' has mentioned 'Neolithic' in the following places:
| Occurrence Sentence | Text Source |
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| [1] The mines were active during the mid and late Neolithic between 4,300 and 2,200 BC. | WIKI |
| The site is dotted with millions of scraps of worked flint and numerous mining pits, that Neolithic settlers have gradually turned into vertical mine shafts to depths of over 10xc2xa0m (33xc2xa0ft). | WIKI |
| Research has illustrated Neolithic techniques for the cutting of the flint and the extraction of large slabs of flint, that weighed up to hundreds of kilos. | WIKI |
| Underground, the site is an immense network of galleries linked to the surface by vertical shafts dug by Neolithic populations. | UNESCO |
| Neolithic populations could thus pass below levels made up of large blocks of flint (up to 2m in length) that they extracted using a particular technique called xe2x80x98strikingxe2x80x99 (freeing from below with support of a central chalk wall, shoring up of the block, removal of the wall, removal of the props and lowering of the block). | UNESCO |
| Criterion (iii): The arrival of the Neolithic cultures marked a major milestone in human cultural and technological development, which is vividly illustrated by the vast complex of ancient flint mines at Spiennes. | UNESCO |
| Criterion (iv): The flint mines at Spiennes are outstanding examples of the Neolithic mining of flint, which marked a seminal stage of human technological and cultural progress. | UNESCO |