entity · site_france_1_la_motte_agde
La Motte at Agde
Also known as: La Motte submerged settlement
A submerged Late Bronze Age settlement on the lower Hérault with bank structures, ceramics and casting moulds.
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.
1000 BCE–750 BCE
Precision: approximate
- informs · provides archaeological observation
From Lagoon to River: Bank Management at the Submerged Late Bronze Age Settlement of La Motte (Agde, France) — Thibault Lachenal (2024)Provides settlement, bank and chronology evidence.
Locator: pp. 21-45 - informs · provides archaeological observation
Enter the Matrix: Late Bronze Age Casting Moulds from La Motte (Agde, Hérault) in their Context — Thibault Lachenal (2022)Provides craft evidence.
Locator: Casting mould study
Research description
The site documents settlement, craft production and water-edge management near Mediterranean routes. Its exact palaeoshoreline and duration are modelled from multidisciplinary evidence.
Properties and assignments
A label’s definition and the evidence for assigning it here are separate.
Direct craft-production evidence
Tools, waste or installations directly attest production at a site.
Why does this record have this property?
The finds establish local casting without fixing production scale.
- Enter the Matrix: Late Bronze Age Casting Moulds from La Motte (Agde, Hérault) in their Context
provides archaeological observation · Mould catalogue
Evidence and sources
- supports · provides archaeological observation
From Lagoon to River: Bank Management at the Submerged Late Bronze Age Settlement of La Motte (Agde, France) — Thibault Lachenal (2024)Provides settlement, bank and chronology evidence.
Locator: pp. 21-45 - supports · provides archaeological observation
Enter the Matrix: Late Bronze Age Casting Moulds from La Motte (Agde, Hérault) in their Context — Thibault Lachenal (2022)Provides craft evidence.
Locator: Casting mould study
Referenced records
- Geography assertion for site_france_1_la_motte_agde · geography assertion