The end of the lake-dwellings in the Circum-Alpine region
By: edited by Francesco Menotti
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 250
ISBN-13: 9781782978602; 9781782978619
Subjects: Human settlements; Iron age; Bronze age; Antiquities; Social change; Environmental conditions; Social conditions; Human ecology; Lake-dwellers and lake-dwellings; History
Description: "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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The lake-dwelling phenomenon : myth, reality and archaeology / Francesco Menotti; title: Bronze Age lacustrine settlements in the Circum-Alpine region : chronology, architectural styles, occupational patterns, and much more / Joachim Köninger; title: Dendrochronology and Bronze Age pile-dwellings on both sides of the Alps : from chronology to dendrotypology, highlighting settlement developments and structural woodland changes / Andre Billamboz and Nicoletta Martinelli; title: Climatic variations in the Circum-Alpine area during the period 4500-2500 cal BP, as reflected by palaeohydrological changes / Michel Magny; title: Micromorphological studies of wetland site formation processes : additional help for a better understanding of the lake-dwellings' final disappearance / Philipp Wiemann and Philippe Rentzel; title: Vegetation history and plant economy in the Circum-Alpine region Bronze Age and early Iron Age environments : stability or major changes? / Marlu Kühn and Annekäthi Heitz-Weniger; title: Animal husbandry and hunting activities in the late Bronze Age Circum-Alpine region / Barbara Stopp; title: Bronze Age trade and exchange through the Alps : influencing cultural variability? / Benjamin Jennings; title: The 3500-year-long lake-dwelling tradition comes to an end : what is to blame? / Francesco Menotti.