Rock-Cut Tomb Cluster Europe 25 — France Region 1
Period Iron Age·Regional culture Europe-Temple·🇫🇷 France Region 1, France
About
About Rock-Cut Tomb Cluster Europe 25 — France Region 1
Rock-Cut Tomb Cluster Europe 25 — France Region 1 in France Region 1, France is a Iron Age temple-complex with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
Why it mattersKey Regional culture Europe-Temple temple-complex with stratified sequence and regional typology.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Trade network extent
- 02Construction labor organization
Theories
- 01Elite residence
- 02Ceremonial centre
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. 1500 BCE
- Period
- Period Iron Age
- Culture
- Regional culture Europe-Temple
- Purpose
- temple-complex ritual/settlement purpose for Europe-Temple
- Rediscovered
- Modern excavation 1870
- Excavation
- Excavated
c. 1500 BCE
Initial construction / first occupation at Rock-Cut Tomb Cluster Europe 25 — France Region 1
2005 excavation
Modern rediscovery and scientific excavation of Rock-Cut Tomb Cluster Europe 25 — France Region 1
c. 800 CE major extension
Major expansion / refurbishment at Rock-Cut Tomb Cluster Europe 25 — France Region 1
On the ground
Structures & features
18.0084° N · 5.6950° E · 90 m · 3 mapped features
Rock-Cut Tomb Cluster Europe 25 — France Region 1 — Principal Temple
templetemple at Rock-Cut Tomb Cluster Europe 25 — France Region 1 — hydraulic feature
18.0095° N · 5.6957° ERock-Cut Tomb Cluster Europe 25 — France Region 1 — Northern Altar
altaraltar at Rock-Cut Tomb Cluster Europe 25 — France Region 1 — outlier feature
18.0103° N · 5.6939° ERock-Cut Tomb Cluster Europe 25 — France Region 1 — Southern Shrine
shrineshrine at Rock-Cut Tomb Cluster Europe 25 — France Region 1 — hydraulic feature
18.0095° N · 5.6964° E