entity · zone_france_1_grands_causses
Grands Causses cave and upland occupation zone
Also known as: Causses Bronze Age occupation
An upland analytical zone with caves, shelters, storage contexts and agropastoral activity in and around the Grands Causses.
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 · provides archaeological observation
Étude carpologique des réserves végétales de la grotte de Baume Layrou (Trèves, Gard): Aspects de la production agraire et fonction du site au Bronze final — Laurent Bouby, Gilbert Fages (2006)Provides direct storage evidence.
Locator: Baume Layrou plant stores - informs · contextualizes
Les occupations de pied de corniche à Surlaroque (Carennac, Lot, France) durant la Protohistoire — Jean Gasco, Isabelle Carrere (2012)Provides comparative upland and piedmont settlement evidence.
Locator: Surlaroque occupation sequence
Research description
The zone groups scattered evidence with uneven visibility. It is not a bounded cultural territory, and cave assemblages may overrepresent storage, refuge or episodic uses.
Evidence and sources
- supports · provides archaeological observation
Étude carpologique des réserves végétales de la grotte de Baume Layrou (Trèves, Gard): Aspects de la production agraire et fonction du site au Bronze final — Laurent Bouby, Gilbert Fages (2006)Provides direct storage evidence.
Locator: Baume Layrou plant stores - supports · contextualizes
Les occupations de pied de corniche à Surlaroque (Carennac, Lot, France) durant la Protohistoire — Jean Gasco, Isabelle Carrere (2012)Provides comparative upland and piedmont settlement evidence.
Locator: Surlaroque occupation sequence