▁ ▁The ▁Ne ol ith ic ▁begins ▁with ▁the ▁first ▁far mers ▁in ▁the ▁area ▁who ▁belonged ▁to ▁the ▁L B K ▁culture , ▁arriv ing ▁around ▁ 5 0 0 0   B CE ▁from ▁the ▁east , ▁and ▁remaining ▁mainly ▁in ▁the ▁south ▁of ▁Belg ian ▁Lim burg , ▁especially ▁the ▁sout he astern ▁corner ▁of ▁the ▁province , ▁between ▁T ong eren ▁and ▁Ma astr icht . ▁The ▁sand y ▁northern ▁Camp ine ▁low lands ▁were ▁clearly ▁not ▁successful ▁for ▁them . ▁Find s ▁in ▁neighbour ing ▁Dutch ▁Lim burg ▁and ▁Wall onia ▁are ▁more ▁widely ▁distributed . ▁This ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁western most ▁colon izations ▁of ▁this ▁first ▁wave ▁of ▁far mers , ▁and ▁also ▁a ▁point ▁of ▁contact ▁between ▁far ming ▁and ▁local ▁non - f arm ing ▁cult ures . ▁So ▁called ▁Lim burg ▁pot tery ▁is ▁a ▁particular ▁style ▁associated ▁with ▁this ▁western ▁L B K ▁culture , ▁which ▁is ▁also ▁associated ▁with ▁La ▁Hog u ette ▁pot tery ▁and ▁st ret ches ▁into ▁northern ▁France . ▁It ▁has ▁sometimes ▁been ▁argued ▁that ▁these ▁techn ologies ▁are ▁the ▁result ▁of ▁pot tery ▁technology ▁spread ing ▁beyond ▁the ▁original ▁L B K ▁far ming ▁population , ▁and ▁being ▁made ▁by ▁h unter ▁gather ers . ▁Another ▁remarkable ▁aspect ▁of ▁this ▁version ▁of ▁the ▁L B K ▁culture ▁is ▁that ▁some ▁settlement s ▁show ▁signs ▁of ▁being ▁fort ified , ▁imp lying ▁the ▁threat ▁of ▁violence . ▁The ▁sand y ▁north ▁of ▁Lim burg ▁appears ▁to ▁have