event · evt_france_1_baume_layrou_storage
Late Bronze Age plant storage at Baume Layrou
Concentrated cultivated and gathered plant remains were stored or accumulated in Baume Layrou cave.
What is the evidence?
observation
Concentrated cultivated and gathered plant remains were stored or accumulated in Baume Layrou cave.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.
1050 BCE–850 BCE
Precision: site phase range
highPreferred range used by the event. Plausible bounds and alternative models remain explicit rather than averaged.
- supports · provides archaeological observation
Étude carpologique des réserves végétales de la grotte de Baume Layrou (Trèves, Gard): Aspects de la production agraire et fonction du site au Bronze final — Laurent Bouby, Gilbert Fages (2006)Direct archaeobotanical evidence.
Locator: pp. 45-60
Interpretation and caveats
The assemblage demonstrates diversified crop production and storage practice; the cave's role may have been specialized within a wider settlement system.
Event context
Classification
Event type: agricultural storage
Evidence layer: archaeological
Timeline role: regional core
People and places
Locations: Baume Layrou, Grands Causses cave and upland occupation zone
Why it matters to the timeline
The event provides direct agricultural and storage evidence for the Grands Causses and Languedoc interior.
Research notes
- Direct archaeobotanical evidence. Role: provides archaeological observation. Locator: pp. 45-60.
Evidence and sources
- supports · provides archaeological observation
Étude carpologique des réserves végétales de la grotte de Baume Layrou (Trèves, Gard): Aspects de la production agraire et fonction du site au Bronze final — Laurent Bouby, Gilbert Fages (2006)Direct archaeobotanical evidence.
Locator: pp. 45-60
Referenced records
- Baume Layrou · entity
- Grands Causses cave and upland occupation zone · entity