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entity · site_france_1_lake_bourget_chatillon

Châtillon lakeshore settlement, Lake Bourget

Also known as: Chindrieux-Châtillon, Châtillon

A submerged and waterlogged lakeshore settlement with dendrochronological Late Bronze Age building phases.

Evidence confidence: very high
Awaiting expert reviewFrance and adjacent interaction zones research expansion
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.

Research description

The site preserves timber architecture and activity evidence unusually well. It should not stand as a complete proxy for nearby dry-land communities.

Properties and assignments

A label’s definition and the evidence for assigning it here are separate.

Exceptional wetland preservation
What does this label mean?

Organic and structural evidence is unusually well preserved in wet contexts.

Full property definition

Why does this record have this property?

The site offers exceptional resolution that should not be generalized to all Alpine settlement.

near certainStatus: asserted

Evidence and sources

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