entity · system_france_1_massif_central_uplands
Massif Central upland and corridor systems
Also known as: Central French upland systems
A research frame for upland occupation, metal deposition and movement across the Massif Central and its margins.
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: approximate
- informs · contextualizes
The Bronze Age in France — Claude Mordant (2013)Provides broad regional context.
Locator: Central and southern France synthesis - informs · contextualizes
Autopsie d'une découverte: le dépôt de haches de bronze de Bègues (Allier) — Pierre Abauzit, Jean-Pierre Millotte (1966)Provides an earlier local antecedent only.
Locator: Bègues deposit publication
Research description
The entity records a geographically varied set of systems, not a cultural unit. Evidence is uneven between caves, hoards, cemeteries and open settlements.
Evidence and sources
- supports · contextualizes
The Bronze Age in France — Claude Mordant (2013)Provides broad regional context.
Locator: Central and southern France synthesis - supports · contextualizes
Autopsie d'une découverte: le dépôt de haches de bronze de Bègues (Allier) — Pierre Abauzit, Jean-Pierre Millotte (1966)Provides an earlier local antecedent only.
Locator: Bègues deposit publication