▁Fland ers ▁shows ▁relatively ▁little ▁evidence ▁of ▁human ▁habit ation . ▁Although ▁it ▁is ▁felt ▁that ▁there ▁was ▁a ▁continu ing ▁human ▁presence , ▁the ▁types ▁of ▁evidence ▁available ▁make ▁jud g ement ▁about ▁the ▁details ▁very ▁difficult . ▁To ▁the ▁south ▁of ▁Belg ian ▁Lim burg , ▁the ▁Seine - O ise - Mar ne ▁culture ▁spread ▁into ▁the ▁nearby ▁Ar den nes , ▁and ▁is ▁associated ▁with ▁meg al ith ic ▁sites ▁there . ▁To ▁the ▁north ▁and ▁east , ▁in ▁the ▁Netherlands , ▁a ▁semi - sed ent ary ▁culture ▁group ▁has ▁been ▁proposed ▁to ▁have ▁existed , ▁the ▁so - called ▁V la ard ingen - W art burg - Ste in ▁complex , ▁which ▁possibly ▁developed ▁from ▁the ▁above - ment ioned ▁Sw if ter b ant ▁and ▁Mich els burg ▁cult ures . ▁The ▁same ▁pattern ▁continues ▁into ▁the ▁late ▁Ne ol ith ic ▁and ▁early ▁Bron ze ▁Age . ▁In ▁the ▁last ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁Ne ol ith ic , ▁evidence ▁is ▁found ▁for ▁the ▁Cord ed ▁W are ▁and ▁Bell ▁Be aker ▁cult ures ▁in ▁neighbor ing ▁Dutch ▁Lim burg , ▁but ▁much ▁less ▁in ▁Belg ian ▁Lim burg . ▁During ▁the ▁early ▁and ▁middle ▁Bron ze ▁Age , ▁Belg ian ▁Lim burg ▁is ▁often ▁considered ▁to ▁have ▁been ▁in ▁the ▁zone ▁where ▁the ▁Hil vers um ▁culture ▁lived , ▁but ▁finds ▁are ▁not ▁in ▁Belg ian ▁Lim burg ▁itself . ▁This ▁was ▁a ▁culture ▁found ▁in ▁the ▁southern ▁and ▁central ▁Netherlands , ▁and ▁the