Early Farmers of the European Alpine Space: The Archaeology of Lake Shore Settlements and Relations to Climatic Changes of the Holocene

Hafner, Albert (1 November 2022). Early Farmers of the European Alpine Space: The Archaeology of Lake Shore Settlements and Relations to Climatic Changes of the Holocene (Unpublished). In: ANTHROPOLOGY COLLOQUIUM. University of Alaska, Anthropology Department, Fairbanks, USA. 1.11.2022.

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Prehistoric settlements in lakes and bogs from the period 5000-1000 BCE have been one of the most important archaeological sources on the early history of European agrarian societies since their discovery in the mid-19th century. The special preservation conditions under water and thus under exclusion of oxygen allow the preservation of organic material that is usually missing in other contexts. This concerns especially wood, but also textiles, and others. Large quantities of wood samples allow dendrochronological, year-precise dating which have been systematically applied for several decades. This allows us to decipher the architectural structure of settlements as well as their building history. The lecture will give an overview of underwater archaeological research in lakes of Switzerland and the Alpine region. Further, to deepen the topic of climatic influences, a short survey of a high alpine site in the Bernese Alps will be presented. The lecture completes with an outlook on an ongoing research project in lakes of the southern Balkans.

Item Type:

Conference or Workshop Item (Speech)

Division/Institute:

06 Faculty of Humanities > Department of History and Archaeology > Institute of Archaeological Sciences
06 Faculty of Humanities > Department of History and Archaeology > Institute of Archaeological Sciences > Pre- and Early History

UniBE Contributor:

Hafner, Albert

Subjects:

900 History > 930 History of ancient world (to ca. 499)

Language:

English

Submitter:

Albert Hafner-Lafitte

Date Deposited:

07 Dec 2022 12:07

Last Modified:

08 Dec 2022 01:31

BORIS DOI:

10.48350/175517

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/175517

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