Abstract
Cave I of Castelvielh was occupied in the Neo-Chalcoliticum, in Late Bronze IIIa, at the beginning of the Early Bronze Age, and then in the Middle Ages (XIIth till XIIIth c). It fits into the whole of the southern rock dwellings that are relatively numerous in the distria of Sainte-Anastasie. An rescue excavation carried out from 1984 to 1986 has yielded data that are more or less important according to the period concerned. After a study of the traces of the arrangements and an analytical presentation of the objeas (for the most part pottery), the authors fit the successive occupations into the cultural context of the area ; they discuss their purpose in the différents periods : permanent or temporary dwelling ?, specialisation of cattle breeding (for late Bronze IIIa) ?, place of worship (for the beginning of the Early Iron Age) ? A study of the faune of Late Bronze IIIa offers additional arguments for this era.
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