Heitz, Caroline; Stapfer, Regine Barbara; Jennings, Benjamin (11 June 2014). Social networks, mobility, and exchange systems during the Neolithic and Bronze Age of the Swiss Plateau (Unpublished). In: Culture, Climate and Environment Interactions at Prehistoric Wetland Sites. University of Bern, Switzerland. 11. - 14.06. 2014.
Excavations of Neolithic (4000 – 3500 BC) and Late Bronze Age (1200 – 800 BC) wetland sites on the northern Alpine periphery have produced astonishing and detailed information about the life and human environment of prehistoric societies. It is even possible to reconstruct settlement histories and settlement dynamics, which suggest a high degree of mobility during the Neolithic.
Archaeological finds—such as pottery—show local typological developments in addition to foreign influences. Furthermore, exogenous lithic forms indicate far reaching interaction. Many hundreds of bronze artefacts are recorded from the Late Bronze Age settlements, demonstrating that some wetland sites were centres of bronzework production. Exogenous forms of bronzework are relatively rare in the wetland settlements during the Late Bronze Age. However, the products produced in the lake-settlements can be found widely across central Europe, indicating their continued involvement in interregional exchange partnerships. Potential motivations and dynamics of the relationships between sites and other regions of Europe will be detailed using case studies focussing on the settlements Seedorf Lobsigensee (BE), Concise (VD), and Sutz-Lattrigen Hauptstation innen (BE), and an initial assessment of intra-site connectivity through Network Analysis of sites within the region of Lake Neuchâtel, Lake Biel, and Lake Murten.
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Conference or Workshop Item (Speech) |
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Division/Institute: |
06 Faculty of Humanities > Department of History and Archaeology > Institute of Archaeological Sciences > Pre- and Early History 06 Faculty of Humanities > Department of History and Archaeology > Institute of Archaeological Sciences |
UniBE Contributor: |
Heitz, Caroline Franziska, Stapfer, Regine Barbara |
Subjects: |
900 History > 930 History of ancient world (to ca. 499) |
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English |
Submitter: |
Caroline Franziska Heitz |
Date Deposited: |
25 Feb 2015 11:56 |
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05 Dec 2022 14:41 |
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https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/63601 |
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