event · evt_france_1_rosnoen_horizon
Rosnoën metalwork horizon in Atlantic France
Atlantic metalwork assemblages conventionally grouped in the Rosnoën horizon mark a later phase of western French and Atlantic typochronology.
What is the evidence?
observation
Atlantic metalwork assemblages conventionally grouped in the Rosnoën horizon mark a later phase of western French and Atlantic typochronology.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.
1450 BCE–1250 BCE
Precision: approximate phase
moderatePreferred range used by the event. Plausible bounds and alternative models remain explicit rather than averaged.
- supports · dates
Le temps des élites en Gaule atlantique: chronologie des mobiliers et rythmes de constitution des dépôts métalliques dans le contexte européen — Pierre-Yves Milcent (2012)Provides the principal typochronological framework.
Locator: Rosnoën phase and catalogue - supports · contextualizes
The Bronze Age in France — Claude Mordant (2013)Provides regional synthesis.
Locator: Western France chronology
1500 BCE–1300 BCE
Precision: alternative phase range
Chronology model: broader legacy atlantic phase
lowLegacy Atlantic correlations can shift the Rosnoën phase earlier than the preferred range.
- supports · dates
Le temps des élites en Gaule atlantique: chronologie des mobiliers et rythmes de constitution des dépôts métalliques dans le contexte européen — Pierre-Yves Milcent (2012)Provides the principal typochronological framework.
Locator: Rosnoën phase and catalogue - supports · contextualizes
The Bronze Age in France — Claude Mordant (2013)Provides regional synthesis.
Locator: Western France chronology
Interpretation and caveats
The horizon records object forms, deposition and circulation, not a mapped Rosnoën people.
Event context
Classification
Event type: metalwork horizon formation
Evidence layer: archaeological
Timeline role: regional core
People and places
Locations: Rosnoën metalwork horizon, Armorican and Breton metalwork traditions
Why it matters to the timeline
This is a core Brittany and Atlantic façade chronological phase.
Research notes
- Provides the principal typochronological framework. Role: dates. Locator: Rosnoën phase and catalogue.
- Provides regional synthesis. Role: contextualizes. Locator: Western France chronology.
Evidence and sources
- supports · dates
Le temps des élites en Gaule atlantique: chronologie des mobiliers et rythmes de constitution des dépôts métalliques dans le contexte européen — Pierre-Yves Milcent (2012)Provides the principal typochronological framework.
Locator: Rosnoën phase and catalogue - supports · contextualizes
The Bronze Age in France — Claude Mordant (2013)Provides regional synthesis.
Locator: Western France chronology
Referenced records
- Armorican and Breton metalwork traditions · entity
- Rosnoën metalwork horizon · entity