event · evt_france_1_alpine_lake_settlement_phase
Late Bronze Age settlement phases around French Alpine lakes
Dendrochronology and underwater archaeology identify multiple construction and occupation phases at French Alpine lake settlements.
What is the evidence?
observation
Dendrochronology and underwater archaeology identify multiple construction and occupation phases at French Alpine lake settlements.Review and provenance
Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.
Dataset workflow: proposed. This is separate from specialist review.
Confidence describes the stated assessment; it does not certify expert approval. How review works.
Chronology
Dating intervals may describe uncertainty or phases; their width alone does not establish event duration.
1080 BCE–810 BCE
Precision: dendrochronological phase range
highPreferred range used by the event. Plausible bounds and alternative models remain explicit rather than averaged.
- supports · provides archaeological observation
L'archéologie subaquatique dans les lacs Alpins Français — Yves Billaud, André MarguetProvides dendrochronological phases.
Locator: French lake sequences, paras. 94-174 - supports · contextualizes
Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps — UNESCO World Heritage Centre (2011)Provides wider Alpine comparison.
Locator: Serial site overview
Interpretation and caveats
The pattern reflects episodic settlement and rebuilding in lakeshore environments, not uninterrupted occupation of one lake-wide community.
Event context
Classification
Event type: wetland settlement expansion
Evidence layer: archaeological
Timeline role: regional core
People and places
Locations: French Alpine lake and wetland settlement system, Châtillon lakeshore settlement, Lake Bourget
Why it matters to the timeline
The event provides high-resolution settlement evidence for the Alps and Jura coverage row.
Research notes
- Provides dendrochronological phases. Role: provides archaeological observation. Locator: French lake sequences, paras. 94-174.
- Provides wider Alpine comparison. Role: contextualizes. Locator: Serial site overview.
Evidence and sources
- supports · provides archaeological observation
L'archéologie subaquatique dans les lacs Alpins Français — Yves Billaud, André MarguetProvides dendrochronological phases.
Locator: French lake sequences, paras. 94-174 - supports · contextualizes
Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps — UNESCO World Heritage Centre (2011)Provides wider Alpine comparison.
Locator: Serial site overview