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Station de Bellerive I

Site Canton of Geneva · Uninhabited site (municipality of Collonge-Bellerive)
Part of the municipality of Collonge-Bellerive
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Origin of the name Station de Bellerive I

The settlement is named after Bellerive, a hamlet in the municipality of Collonge-Bellerive, opposite whose landing stage it lies. The numeral I distinguishes it from the Bellerive II settlement, closer to the shore.[2]

Founding of Station de Bellerive I

The Station de Bellerive I is a Late Bronze Age pile-dwelling village, now submerged about 170 m from the shore, opposite the Bellerive landing stage, in the municipality of Collonge-Bellerive. It is the best-preserved Late Bronze Age pile-dwelling site on the Swiss shore of the Petit-Lac. The first dendrochronological dates place its occupation between 998 and 880 BC. The site measures 390 m by 95 m. The well-preserved cultural layer is visible over about 200 m.[1][2]

History of Station de Bellerive I

Late Neolithic. Occupation of the neighbouring Bellerive II settlement, closer to the shore (Auvernier-Cordé culture).[1]

998-880 BC. Occupation of the Bellerive I settlement according to the first dendrochronological series. It is contemporary with the French site of Chens-sur-Léman-Tougues.[1]

1870. Hippolyte Gosse reports the site for the first time.[1]

1986. First explorations and diving surveys. Cores establish the extent and thickness of the cultural layer.[1]

1988. 45 piles are sampled for dendrochronological analysis.[1]

2011. Inscription on the Unesco World Heritage List, among the 56 Swiss lakeshore settlements of the « Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps ».[1]

Historic sites in Station de Bellerive I

Bellerive landing stage. The settlement lies about 170 m from the shore, opposite the landing stage.[1]

Remains in Station de Bellerive I

Cultural layer and piles. Cultural layer preserved over about 200 m, regularly eroded by storm waves. The site measures 390 m by 95 m.[1]

Finds. Pottery, bronze tools and ornaments, spindle whorls and a basket base made of hazel rods are kept at the Musée d'art et d'histoire de Genève.[1]

Sources

  1. Dictionnaire historique de la Suisse, « Collonge-Bellerive - Bellerive I » (Pierre Corboud), version du 03.04.2019
  2. Dictionnaire historique de la Suisse, « Collonge-Bellerive » (Pierre Corboud, Georges Curtet), version remaniée le 03.04.2019
  3. Office fédéral de la protection de la population, Inventaire suisse des biens culturels d'importance nationale, objet 9602 « Bellerive I (CH-GE-01) » (couche geo.admin.ch ; coordonnées)

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