This serial property of 111 small individual sites encompasses the
remains of prehistoric pile-dwelling (or stilt house) settlements in and
around the Alps built from around 5000 to 500 B.C. on the edges of
lakes, rivers or wetlands. Excavations, only conducted in some of the
sites, have yielded evidence that provides insight into life in
prehistoric times during the Neolithic and Bronze Age in Alpine Europe
and the way communities interacted with their environment. Fifty-six of
the sites are located in Switzerland. The settlements are a unique group
of exceptionally well-preserved and culturally rich archaeological
sites, which constitute one of the most important sources for the study
of early agrarian societies in the region.
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| Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps |
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