Vix — Lesser Mound B (Mont Lassois)
Vix Mound B
Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (2500–500 BCE)·Hallstatt / Early Iron Age·🇫🇷 Burgundy, Côte-d'Or, Mont Lassois, France
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About Vix — Lesser Mound B (Mont Lassois)
Vix — Lesser Mound B (Mont Lassois) in Burgundy, Côte-d'Or, Mont Lassois, France is a Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (2500–500 BCE) tumulus attributed to Hallstatt / Early Iron Age. Systematic survey and magnetometry document ceramic seriation. The site includes a principal necropolis and ancillary settlement. Dimensions mound 22 m diameter × 6 m high; ditch 2 m deep; area 1.3 ha. Excavation excavated; condition submerged. Peer-reviewed reports and georeferenced plans available.
Why it mattersKey Hallstatt / Early Iron Age tumulus with stratified sequence and landscape setting at 300 m elevation.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Construction technique
- 02Function and labor organization
Theories
- 01Territorial marker
- 02Ritual landscape model
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. 1500–1200 BCE
- Period
- Early Bronze Age to Iron Age (2500–500 BCE)
- Culture
- Hallstatt / Early Iron Age
- Builders
- Hallstatt
- Purpose
- Elite burial and ritual mound
- Excavation
- Excavated
c. 1500–1200 BCE
Initial construction / foundation
c. 876 BCE
Major refurbishment / second phase
1937
Modern rediscovery and excavation
c. 1541 CE
Abandonment
On the ground
Structures & features
47.9000° N · 4.5300° E · 300 m · 4 mapped features
- Principal MonumentstructurePrincipal Monument at Vix — Lesser Mound B (Mont Lassois) — structure with stratified deposits47.8994° N · 4.5322° E
- Ancillary ComplexcomplexAncillary Complex at Vix — Lesser Mound B (Mont Lassois) — complex with stratified deposits47.9019° N · 4.5324° E
- Outlier FeatureoutlierOutlier Feature at Vix — Lesser Mound B (Mont Lassois) — outlier with stratified deposits47.8987° N · 4.5294° E
- Reservoir/CisternhydraulicReservoir/Cistern at Vix — Lesser Mound B (Mont Lassois) — hydraulic with stratified deposits47.9018° N · 4.5296° E
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