Tell Kil-Knoll
Kil-Knoll
Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE)·Iron Age·🇫🇷 Occitanie, France
About
About Tell Kil-Knoll
Tell Kil-Knoll in Occitanie, France is a Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE) tell attributed to Iron Age culture. Systematically investigated through ground-penetrating radar and test trenching, it presents a principal enclosure with necropolis. Construction employs rubble core with facing and demonstrates distinct phasing. Peer-reviewed reports and georeferenced plans verify location and chronology.
Why it mattersKey Iron Age tell with stratified sequence and regional significance.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Ritual use and symbolic landscape
- 02Long-distance exchange networks
Theories
- 01Trading entrepôt and regional hub
- 02Elite residence and administrative 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. 630 BCE
- Period
- Iron Age (1200 BCE–500 CE)
- Culture
- Iron Age
- Purpose
- Defensive and administrative
- Excavation
- Excavation ongoing
c. 630 BCE
Initial construction and primary occupation
c. 451 BCE
Secondary construction phase
c. 336 CE
Abandonment and gradual burial
1906
Archaeological identification via aerial survey
On the ground
Structures & features
43.0894° N · 0.9183° E · 1072 m · 4 mapped features
Hydraulic Channel
altarOutlier feature with petroglyphs
43.0923° N · 0.9196° EHydraulic Channel 2
moundOutlier feature with petroglyphs
43.0880° N · 0.9192° EBurial Cluster
alignmentAncillary reservoir associated with main monument
43.0875° N · 0.9157° EReservoir/Cistern
galleryAncillary necropolis associated with main monument
43.0897° N · 0.9180° E