LANSARGUES
Canton of Mauguio, Hérault, France.
Prehistoric site at the locality called Camp Redon at the mouth of the Viredonne, a small coastal river
which runs into the Étang de Mauguio at the point
farthest N on the coast of the Gulf of Lion. This site
on the lagoon coast of Languedoc consists of a small
natural mound surrounded by a man-made canal. Preliminary explorations have indicated continuous occupation from the Middle Bronze Age to the Gallo-Roman
period, and above all occupation during all of Iron Age I
(numerous ceramics from the urnfield civilization). Exploration of the site, which in both topography and the
artifacts of the older levels recalls the terramare of N
Italy, is making an important contribution to our
knowledge of the Mediterranean coast of Languedoc,
which was more heavily inhabited during the last millennium B.C. than was formerly realized.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
“Informations,”
Gallia 29 (1971) 381.
G. BARRUOL
