Hypogee des Crottes de Rouaix II — Eastern Outlier
Chalcolithic (3000-2300 BCE)·Chalcolithic·🇫🇷 Provence, Vaucluse, France
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About Hypogee des Crottes de Rouaix II — Eastern Outlier
Hypogee des Crottes de Rouaix II — Eastern Outlier 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 enclosure 6 × 5 m and ancillary features including stratified deposits and lithic/ceramic assemblages. The location at 44.0021N 5.2154E 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
- 01Chronology and phasing of construction episodes
- 02Function in regional settlement hierarchy
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
- Partially excavated
c. 2700 BCE
Initial construction of Hypogee des Crottes de Rouaix II — Eastern Outlier main structure
c. 526 CE
Secondary refurbishment / reuse phase documented stratigraphically at Hypogee des Crottes de Rouaix II — Eastern Outlier
1994–2010
Modern excavation and survey (campaigns at Hypogee des Crottes de Rouaix II — Eastern Outlier) with geophysical prospection
On the ground
Structures & features
44.0021° N · 5.2154° E · 376 m · 3 mapped features
Hypogee des Crottes de Rouaix II — Eastern Outlier — Main Rock_Cut Feature
templePrimary temple at Hypogee des Crottes de Rouaix II — Eastern Outlier — enclosure wall with stratified deposits
44.0010° N · 5.2160° EHypogee des Crottes de Rouaix II — Eastern Outlier — Secondary Enclosure
chamberAncillary chamber at Hypogee des Crottes de Rouaix II — Eastern Outlier — rock-cut facade with stratified deposits
44.0005° N · 5.2143° EHypogee des Crottes de Rouaix II — Eastern Outlier — Outlier Rock Art Panel
cairnOutlier cairn panel linked to Hypogee des Crottes de Rouaix II — Eastern Outlier ceremonial landscape
44.0011° N · 5.2141° E