THE PILE DWELLINGS OF SWITZERLAND,1800s Antique Map

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THE PILE DWELLINGS OF SWITZERLAND,Switzerland,1800s Antique Map THE PILE DWELLINGS OF SWITZERLAND,Switzerland,1800s Antique Map HISTORICAL MAP CHART PILE DWELLINGS, the term employed in archaeology for habitations constructed, not on the dry land, but within the margins of lakes or creeks at some distance from the shore. In prehistoric times nearly all the lakes of Switzerland, and many in the adjoining countries in Savoy and the north of Italy, in Austria and Hungary and in Mecklenburg and Pomeraniawere peopled, so to speak, by lake-dwelling communities, living in villages constructed on platforms supported by piles at varying distances from the shores. The principal groups are those in the Lakes of Bourget, Geneva, Neuchfttel, Bienne, Zurich and Constance lying to the north of the Alps, and in the Lakes Maggiore, Varese, Iseo and Garda lying to the south of that mountain range. Many smaller lakes, however, contain them, and they are also found in peat moors on the sites of ancient lakes now drained or silted up, as at Laibach in Carniola. In some of the larger lakes the number of settlements has been very great. Fifty are enumerated in the Lake of Neuchtel, thirty-two in the Lake of Constance, twentyfour in the Lake of Geneva, and twenty in the Lake of Bienne. The site of the lake dwelling of Wangen, in the Untersee, Lake of Constance, forms a parallelogram more than 700 paces in length by about 120 paces in breadth. The settlement at Morges, one of the largest in the Lake of Geneva, is 1200 ft. long by 150 ft. in breadth. The settlement of Sutz, one of the largest in the Lake of Bienne, extends over six acres, and was connected with the shore by a gangway nearly 100 yds. long and about 40 ft. wide. 1890s Wood Engraving, 1800s Antique Map Approximate Overall Size: 7 X 10 1/2 inches CONDITION: Book Plate INTEXT MAP - Excellent Condition. Beautiful with excellent detail. There is Text on Front and Back Side.

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• Title: THE PILE DWELLINGS OF SWITZERLAND,1800s Antique Map
• Publisher: Reclus
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• Condition: very good
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