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

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...

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Other Authors:	Menotti, Francesco (Editor)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford, UK ; Philadelphia : 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. Alps Region > Antiquities. Human ecology > Alps Region > History. Social change > Alps Region > History. Alps Region > Social conditions. Alps Region > Environmental conditions.

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Summary:	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.
Physical Description:	x, 250 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:	9781782978602 (hardcover) 1782978607 (hardcover)