Neolithic flint mines across northern Europe during the transition between the fifth and fourth millennia BC show similarities in their dating, extraction methods and morphology, as do contemporary forms of monumentality such as causewayed enclosures, earthen long barrows and megalithic tombs during this period. Recent research has identified further similarities in the expressions of art motifs within the mines. While certainly found during different excavations, most of these motifs incised in chalk have not been reported on. Following archival analysis, this paper details these similarities in motifs that extend between sites in the UK, Denmark, Belgium and potentially Poland, and perhaps increasingly over time to other, non-mining, sites. We argue that the practice of flint mining and incising of art motifs may indicate shared specific cultural beliefs at the beginning of the Neolithic in northern Europe that have not been previously recognized.

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欧洲燧石开采场的新石器时代艺术

在公元前 5 到 4 千年的过渡期间，整个北欧的新石器时代燧石矿在年代测定、开采方法和形态方面表现出相似性，这一时期的当代形式的纪念性建筑如堤道围墙、土制长手推车和巨石墓葬也表现出相似性。最近的研究确定了矿山内艺术图案表达的进一步相似之处。虽然肯定是在不同的挖掘过程中发现的，但这些用粉笔切割的图案中的大多数都没有被报道过。根据档案分析，本文详细介绍了在英国、丹麦、比利时和可能的波兰的站点之间扩展的主题的这些相似性，并且随着时间的推移可能会越来越多地扩展到其他非采矿站点。