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Title Living on the lake in prehistoric Europe : 150 years of lake-dwelling research / edited by Fancesco Menotti
Published New York : Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2004

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Contents Preliminaries -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Lake dwelling studies in Switzerland since Meilen 1854 -- 2 Lake-dwellings in south-western Germany -- 3 Lake dwelling research in France from climate to demography -- 4 Prehistoric lacustrine villages on the Austrian lakes -- 5 Past and present lake-dwelling studies in Slovenia -- 6 150 years of lake dwelling research in northern Italy -- 7 The development of wetland archaeology in Britain -- 8 Dendrochronology in lake dwelling research -- 9 The contribution of palaeoclimatology to the lake dwellings -- 10 Bones as a key for reconstructing -- 11 Archaeobotany a vital tool in the investigation of lake dwellings -- 12 Underwater archaeology lake dwellings below the water surface -- 13 Wetland archaeology and computers -- 14 Displacement readaptation and cultural continuity a lake dwelling perspective -- 15 Lake dwelling museums academic research and public information -- 16 Experimental and applied archaeology in lake dwelling research -- 17 Crossing the boundaries -- Conclusions -- Index
Summary The chance discovery in 1854 of a prehistoric lake village on Lake Zurich triggered what we now call the - 'lake-dwelling phenomenon'. One hundred and fifty years of research and animated academic disputes have transformed the phenomenon into one of the most reliable sources of information in wetland archaeology. This definitive volume provides an overview of the development of lake village studies, explores the impact of a range of scientific techniques on the settlements and considers how the public can relate to this evocative and exciting branch of archaeology. It explains how the multidisciplinary research context has significantly improved our knowledge of prehistoric wetland communities, from an environmental as well as a cultural perspective
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Subject Lake-dwellers and lake-dwellings -- Europe
Water-saturated sites (Archaeology) -- Europe
Underwater archaeology -- Europe
HISTORY -- Ancient -- General.
Antiquities
Lake-dwellers and lake-dwellings
Underwater archaeology
Water-saturated sites (Archaeology)
SUBJECT Europe -- Antiquities. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045632
Subject Europe
Form Electronic book
Author Menotti, Francesco
ISBN 9781134371808
1134371802