History of the alpine settlement

The settlement of the alpine arc by the man is attested starting from the Paléolithique means (towards - 100.000 years) and is due to the Homme of Néandertal which establishes seasonal campings in altitude there, to the favor of the last interglacial period Riss - Würm (see also Glaciation). The motivation of the frequentation of the difficult mountain medium would be hunting but also the exploitation of sources of Silex for the tools, in particular in the Vercors.

anatomically modern Humains penetrate the valleys and the Préalpes starting from - 15.000 years front J. - C. (for example in Chartreuse with Saint-Thibaud-with-Couz in Savoy or in the Vercors), at the end of the Paléolithique superior during the summer period to practice fishing, hunting and also to seek flint.

With the Neolithic , the alpine arc is occupied by farmer-stockbreeders starting from thousand-year-old VIIe front J. - C., the penetration being done at the same time by the south (Provence, Languedoc) and by north (Swiss). In altitude, the high valleys of the Arc, Isere, Doires Baltée and Ripaire constitute zones exploited for the green rocks necessary to the manufacture of the Hache S polished, exported as far as Brittany.

At the Ages of metals, the settlement increases with the exploitation of copper and the opening of the collars for the traffic towards Italy.

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External bonds

  • the man with the conquest of the alpine arc.
  • Five millenia of history in the French Alps (Neolithic era and Age of Metals)
  • history of the Swiss Alps on Memo, the site of the history.

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