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Vénat metal deposit
Also known as: Vénat hoard
A major Atlantic Late Bronze Age metal deposit near Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente.
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.
900 BCE–800 BCE
Precision: approximate
- informs · provides archaeological observation
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 chronology and Atlantic context.
Locator: Vénat catalogue and chronological discussion
Research description
Vénat is represented as an assemblage and depositional event, not as a straightforward trader's stock, founder's scrap or ethnic marker.
Evidence and sources
- supports · provides archaeological observation
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 chronology and Atlantic context.
Locator: Vénat catalogue and chronological discussion
Referenced records
- Geography assertion for find_france_1_venat · geography assertion