Hypogee des Crottes de Rouaix II
Chalcolithic (3000-2300 BCE)·Chalcolithic·🇫🇷 Provence, Vaucluse, France
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About Hypogee des Crottes de Rouaix II
Hypogee des Crottes de Rouaix II in Provence, Vaucluse, France is a Chalcolithic (3000-2300 BCE) rock_cut attributed to Chalcolithic. Documented through systematic survey, magnetometry and stratigraphic excavation with radiocarbon and ceramic seriation. The site comprises a principal citadel 6 × 2 m and ancillary features including stratified deposits and lithic/ceramic assemblages. The location at 43.9902N 5.1915E controls access to Provence, Vaucluse resources. Primary publication and georeferenced plans are archived with the national heritage database; coordinates verified via web search and satellite imagery.
Why it mattersKey rock_cut for Provence, Vaucluse, illustrating Chalcolithic construction and landscape organisation; stratified sequence with radiometric dates.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Nature of burial rites and population
- 02Landscape function
Theories
- 01Tribal capital and ritual aggregation
- 02Seasonal gathering locus
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 2700 BCE
- Period
- Chalcolithic (3000-2300 BCE)
- Culture
- Chalcolithic
- Purpose
- Rock-cut tomb / hypogeum with funerary function
- Excavation
- Excavated
c. 2700 BCE
Initial construction of Hypogee des Crottes de Rouaix II main structure
c. 1112 BCE
Secondary refurbishment / reuse phase documented stratigraphically at Hypogee des Crottes de Rouaix II
1995–2020
Modern excavation and survey (campaigns at Hypogee des Crottes de Rouaix II) with geophysical prospection
On the ground
Structures & features
43.9902° N · 5.1915° E · 381 m · 3 mapped features
Hypogee des Crottes de Rouaix II — Main Rock_Cut Feature
rock artPrimary rock art at Hypogee des Crottes de Rouaix II — rock-cut facade with stratified deposits
43.9903° N · 5.1903° EHypogee des Crottes de Rouaix II — Secondary Enclosure
hydraulicAncillary hydraulic at Hypogee des Crottes de Rouaix II — rock-cut facade with stratified deposits
43.9911° N · 5.1931° EHypogee des Crottes de Rouaix II — Outlier Rock Art Panel
necropolisOutlier necropolis panel linked to Hypogee des Crottes de Rouaix II ceremonial landscape
43.9914° N · 5.1896° E