Model Of Lake Dwelling
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1874
name: label: Donor Name
content: Prof Ludwig Ruetimeyer (Rütimeyer)
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Card made from H.C. Book, Jan. 11, 1951."
label: Notes
content: Model of prehistoric pile dwelling/palafitte of Switzerland. There is the remains of a label glued on the base: "Habitations Lacustres Pres Robenhausen C[an]ton De Zurich (En Suisse) (Jac[missing letters]s Messikomer)". Messikomer is presumably Jakob Messikommer (1828 - 1917), the Swiss archaeologist. On 2 February 1858 Jakob Messikommer discovered piles at low water level on Pfäffikersee lake shore, and thus initiated the systematic exploration of the settlement Wetzikon-Robenhausen whose research he headed to the1890s. (Source: Wikipedia contributors, "Jakob Messikommer," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jakob_Messikommer&oldid=938217225 (accessed March 5, 2020). )
label: Record Last Modified
content: 6 Mar 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Lake Pfäffikon (Pfäffikersee), Zurich, Switzerland, Europe
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
culture: label: Culture
content: Lake Dweller
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 74A00044
label: USNM Number
content: A14231-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: House Model
physicalDescription: label: Height - Object
content: 58 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 54.5 cm
label: Depth - Object
content: 50.5 cm