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Krasne Siolo is situated about 60 km south-east from Grodno and about 12 km north from Wołkowysk in Grodno district, in Ros River valley (Fig. 1.). Prehistoric flint mines in area of glaciodislocated chalk in Krasne Siolo were discovered in 1924 by Z. Szmit and later were investigated by N.N. Gurina (1976), M.M. Czarniauski and others (1996). Rescue researches included only small area of two major prehistoric exploitation fields which were destroyed by exploitation of chalk since 1914 (Fig. 3). During researches in 'chalk tongues' about 700 hundred main shafts were documented and dug up (classified as pits and niche mines). Near shafts flint workshops and multicultural sites were located which served as a settlement for the miners and as a place where the raw material was processed. Main users of flint mines were Neolithic societies of Globular Amphora Culture and Corde Ware Culture. The beginning of the flint usage from Krasne Siolo can be dated to Final Palaeolithic (Tanged Points Cultures) and the end of mining activity falls probably in the Early Bronze Age. Exploratory region of Krasne Siolo is situated just few kilometers westward from in detail examined section of Zlewianka valley near Piaski. In palynological diagrams there are lack of changes in vegetation cover caused by development of the center of flint mining in region of the Krasne Siolo in period of settlement by the Globular Amphora and Corde Ware Culture population.