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Archaeological research in the southern French regions of Languedoc-Roussillon and Provence over the last thirty years has extensively excavated a significant number of Iron Age sites. Most are settlements, while cemeteries remain much less well documented, particularly during the Late Iron Age and in the eastern Languedoc. In the absence of ancient documentary sources and the scarcity of funerary evidence, settlements offer the best information about Iron Age society. Houses in particular provide crucial information about protohistoric households and society, as they constituted the focus of daily life and stood at the centre of economic, cultural and social activities. The analysis of domestic architecture from the seventh century BC to the time of Romanization has shown that houses became more varied over time in terms of both typology and function. I discuss the connections between changes in indigenous architecture and external influences and consider the significance of households and social distinction for the transformations of houses in southern French Iron Age society.