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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797974803321

Titolo

The end of the lake-dwellings in the Circum-Alpine region / / edited by Francesco Menotti

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, [England] ; ; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : , : Oxbow Books, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-78297-863-1

1-78297-861-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (261 p.)

Disciplina

392.36093722

Soggetti

Lake-dwellers and lake-dwellings - Alps Region - History

Human settlements - Alps Region - History

Bronze age - Alps Region

Iron age - Alps Region

Human ecology - Alps Region - History

Social change - Alps Region - History

Alps Region Antiquities

Alps Region Social conditions

Alps Region Environmental conditions

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 at the end of each chapters.

Nota di contenuto

5. Micromorphological studies of wetland site formation processes: additionalhelp for a better understanding of the lake-dwellings' final disappearance6. Vegetation history and plant economy in the Circum-Alpine region Bronze Ageand early Iron Age environments: stability or major changes?; 7. Animal husbandry and hunting activities in the Late Bronze AgeCircum-Alpine region; 8. Bronze Age trade and exchange through the Alps:influencing cultural variability?; 9. The 3500-year-long lake-dwelling tradition comes to an end:what is to blame?

Sommario/riassunto

"After more than 3500 years of occupation in the Neolithic and Bronze Age, the many lake-dwellings around the Circum-Alpine region 'suddenly' came to an end. Throughout that period alternating phases



of occupation and abandonment illustrate how resilient lacustrine populations were against change: cultural/environmental factors might have forced them to relocate temporarily, but they always returned to the lakes. So why were the lake-dwellings finally abandoned and what exactly happened towards the end of the Late Bronze Age that made the lake-dwellers change their way of life so drastically? The new research presented here draws upon the results of a four-year-long project dedicated to shedding light on this intriguing conundrum"--Provided by publisher.