Heritage sites, Archaeological discoveries, History of Archaeology

Chassey le Camp

Location

Saone river

Country

France

Year of Research

1500 BC

Culture

Chassey le Camp is the Chasseen middle Neolithic type of the site located on the Saone river, a small farming village of between 100 and 400 people, occupied beginning about the 1500 BC.

Evidence for a wide range of agricultural , panic grass, millet, apples, pears, prunes and herding subsistence practices was recovered at the site.

Occupations at Chassey continue through Bronze, Iron and Medieval periods, including substantial Hallstatt and la Tene period Iron Age occupations.