event · evt_france_1_pyrenean_mobility
Bronze Age mobility across western Pyrenean ecological zones
Settlement, funerary, material and bioarchaeological evidence indicates movement between valleys, piedmonts, passes and uplands on both sides of the western Pyrenees.
What is the evidence?
observation
Settlement, funerary, material and bioarchaeological evidence indicates movement between valleys, piedmonts, passes and uplands on both sides of the western Pyrenees.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.
1600 BCE–800 BCE
Precision: long duration
moderatePreferred range used by the event. Plausible bounds and alternative models remain explicit rather than averaged.
- supports · contextualizes
Regards interdisciplinaires sur les populations des deux versants des Pyrénées occidentales au Néolithique et à l'âge du Bronze: transition et mobilité — Ana Arzelier, Diego López Onaindia, Fabien Convertini, Patrice Courtaud, Patrice Dumontier, Asier Gómez-Olivencia, Mickaël Legros, Fanny Mendisco, Muriel Gandelin, Vincent Ard, Mélanie Pruvost (2026)Supports multi-zone mobility and cross-border comparison.
Locator: Interdisciplinary synthesis
Interpretation and caveats
The pattern supports multiple forms of mobility and seasonal land use without requiring one fixed transhumance system or one migrating population.
Event context
Classification
Event type: seasonal mobility and land use
Evidence layer: archaeological
Timeline role: cross regional context
People and places
Locations: Western Pyrenean valley and upland mobility system
Why it matters to the timeline
The event directly fulfils the Pyrenean and Iberian connection requirement using evidence from both modern sides of the mountain chain.
Research notes
- Supports multi-zone mobility and cross-border comparison. Role: contextualizes. Locator: Interdisciplinary synthesis.
Evidence and sources
- supports · contextualizes
Regards interdisciplinaires sur les populations des deux versants des Pyrénées occidentales au Néolithique et à l'âge du Bronze: transition et mobilité — Ana Arzelier, Diego López Onaindia, Fabien Convertini, Patrice Courtaud, Patrice Dumontier, Asier Gómez-Olivencia, Mickaël Legros, Fanny Mendisco, Muriel Gandelin, Vincent Ard, Mélanie Pruvost (2026)Supports multi-zone mobility and cross-border comparison.
Locator: Interdisciplinary synthesis