Menotti F. (ed.) Living on the Lake in Prehistoric Europe: 150 Years of Lake-Dwelling Research

Routledge, 2004. — 286 pp. — ISBN: 0-203-33845-6.The chance discovery in 1854 of a prehistoric lake village on Lake Zurich triggered what we now call the ‘lake-dwelling phenomenon’. One hundred and fifty years of research and animated academic disputes have transformed the phenomenon into one of the most reliable sources of information in wetland archaeology.
This definitive volume provides an overview of the development of lake village studies, explores the impact of a range of scientific techniques on the settlements and considers how the public can relate to this evocative and exciting branch of archaeology. It explains how the multidisciplinary research context has significantly improved our knowledge of prehistoric wetland communities, from an environmental as well as a cultural perspective.
Living on the Lake in Prehistoric Europe brings together the most prominent scholars in the field to create an authoritative survey of the past, present and future of lake village studies.
Francesco Menotti is Research Associate at the Institute of Archaeology, University of Oxford.Foreword (Barry Cunliffe).
Introduction: the lake-dwelling phenomenon and wetland archaeology (Francesco Menotti).
Diversity in unity: regional frontiers in lake-dwelling research.
Lake-dwelling studies in Switzerland since ‘Meilen 1854’ (Ulrich Ruoff).
Lake-dwellings in south-western Germany: history of research and contemporary perspectives (Helmut Schlichtherle).
Lake-dwelling research in France: from climate to demography (Pierre Petrequin and Maxence Bailly).
Prehistoric lacustrine villages on the Austrian lakes: past and recent research developments (Elisabeth Ruttkay, Otto Cichocki, Ernst Pernicka and Erich Pucher).
Past and present lake-dwelling studies in Slovenia: Ljubljansko barje (the Ljubljana Marsh) (Anton Veluscek).
150 years of lake-dwelling research in northern Italy (Franco Marzatico).
The development of wetland archaeology in Britain (Bryony Coles).
Lakes as laboratories: the application of science.
Dendrochronology in lake-dwelling research (Andre Billamboz).
The contribution of palaeoclimatology to the lake-dwellings (Michel Magny).
Bones as a key for reconstructing the environment, nutrition and economy of the lake-dwelling societies (Jörg Schibler).
Archaeobotany: a vital tool in the investigation of lake-dwellings (Stefanie Jacomet).
Underwater archaeology: lake-dwellings below the water surface (Albert Hafner).
Wetland archaeology and computers (Gary Lock).
New perspectives in lake-settlement research.
Displacement, readaptation and cultural continuity: a lake-dwelling perspective (Francesco Menotti).
Expert views and public interest: finding a balance.
Lake-dwelling museums: academic research and public information (Gunter Schöbel).
Experimental and applied archaeology in lake-dwelling research (Urs Leuzinger).
Crossing the boundaries: changes in professional archaeology within wetland studies (Stefan Hochuli and Gishan Schaeren).
Conclusions.
The importance of lake-dwellings in European prehistory (Andrew Sherratt).