event · evt_france_1_lake_bourget_millet
Long millet-cultivation signal in the Lake Bourget catchment
A sedimentary biomarker records millet cultivation in the Lake Bourget catchment from about 1700 BCE onward.
What is the evidence?
observation
A sedimentary biomarker records millet cultivation in the Lake Bourget catchment from about 1700 BCE onward.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.
1700 BCE–800 BCE
Precision: long duration
highPreferred range used by the event. Plausible bounds and alternative models remain explicit rather than averaged.
- supports · provides archaeological observation
Millet cultivation history in the French Alps as evidenced by a sedimentary molecule — Jérémy Jacob, Jean-Robert Disnar, Fabien Arnaud, Emmanuel Chapron, Mélanie Desmet, Marie Revel-Rolland (2008)Provides the millet biomarker sequence.
Locator: pp. 814-820 - supports · contextualizes
Bronze Age at Lake Bourget (NW Alps, France): Vegetation, human impact and climatic change — Émilie Gauthier, Hervé Richard (2009)Provides environmental context.
Locator: Vegetation and human-impact sequence
Interpretation and caveats
The proxy supports long-term agricultural activity at catchment scale, but it does not measure population directly or assign cultivation to a specific settlement in every phase.
Event context
Classification
Event type: agricultural intensification signal
Evidence layer: environmental
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 dated agricultural evidence for the Alps and Lake Bourget priority area.
Research notes
- Provides the millet biomarker sequence. Role: provides archaeological observation. Locator: pp. 814-820.
- Provides environmental context. Role: contextualizes. Locator: Vegetation and human-impact sequence.
Evidence and sources
- supports · provides archaeological observation
Millet cultivation history in the French Alps as evidenced by a sedimentary molecule — Jérémy Jacob, Jean-Robert Disnar, Fabien Arnaud, Emmanuel Chapron, Mélanie Desmet, Marie Revel-Rolland (2008)Provides the millet biomarker sequence.
Locator: pp. 814-820 - supports · contextualizes
Bronze Age at Lake Bourget (NW Alps, France): Vegetation, human impact and climatic change — Émilie Gauthier, Hervé Richard (2009)Provides environmental context.
Locator: Vegetation and human-impact sequence