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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451273703321

Titolo

Living on the lake in prehistoric Europe : 150 years of lake-dwelling research / / edited by Francesco Menotti

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2004

ISBN

1-134-37180-2

0-203-34822-2

1-134-37181-0

1-280-04718-6

0-203-58320-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (305 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MenottiFrancesco

Disciplina

936

Soggetti

Lake-dwellers and lake-dwellings - Europe

Water-saturated sites (Archaeology) - Europe

Underwater archaeology - Europe

Electronic books.

Europe Antiquities

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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 dwellings12 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;

Sommario/riassunto

A survey of the history and current state of research on lake-dwelling in Europe. Timed to mark the 150th anniversary of the beginning of the study of prehistoric lake-dwellers.