Editing Arras (section)

===Prehistory===
Archaeologists found evidence of prehistoric [[human settlement]]s in the Scarpe basin. The [[archaeological site]]s of Mont-Saint-Vaast in Arras and [[Biache-Saint-Vaast]] were [[Stone Age]] settlements of the [[Mousterian]] culture. They were evidenced by the finds of [[stone tool]]s. These tools show signs of the [[Levallois technique]], a name given by archaeologists to a distinctive type of stone [[knapping]], developed by forerunners to modern humans during the [[Paleolithic]] period 170,000&nbsp;years ago.

Very little was found to document the [[Bronze Age]] and [[Early Iron Age]] in the Arras area.<ref>"Arras", pp. 9-10. Editions des Beffrois, 1988. {{ISBN|2-903077-76-2}}</ref>