The end of the lake-dwellings in the Circum-Alpine region /

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"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 ag...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Menotti, Francesco
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford : Oxbow Books, 2015.
Subjects:
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.
Établissements humains > Alpes > Histoire.
Antiquities
Bronze age
Ecology
Human ecology
Human settlements
Iron age
Lake-dwellers and lake-dwellings
Social change
Social conditions
Alps Region > Antiquities.
Alps Region > Social conditions.
Alps Region > Environmental conditions.
Alpes > Conditions sociales.
Alpes > Conditions environnementales.
Alps Region
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The lake-dwelling phenomenon : myth, reality and archaeology / Francesco Menotti
  • Bronze Age lacustrine settlements in the Circum-Alpine region : chronology, architectural styles, occupational patterns, and much more / Joachim Köninger
  • 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
  • Climatic variations in the Circum-Alpine area during the period 4500-2500 cal BP, as reflected by palaeohydrological changes / Michel Magny
  • Micromorphological studies of wetland site formation processes : additional help for a better understanding of the lake-dwellings' final disappearance / Philipp Wiemann and Philippe Rentzel
  • 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
  • Animal husbandry and hunting activities in the late Bronze Age Circum-Alpine region / Barbara Stopp
  • Bronze Age trade and exchange through the Alps : influencing cultural variability? / Benjamin Jennings
  • The 3500-year-long lake-dwelling tradition comes to an end : what is to blame? / Francesco Menotti.

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