Beyond lake settlements: Studying Neolithic environmental changes and human impact at small lakes in Switzerland, Germany and Austria.

01.01.2015 – 31.12.2018

Summary

Scientific abstract

Beyond lake settlements: Studying Neolithic environmental changes and human impact at small lakes in Switzerland, Germany and Austria.1. Summary The prehistoric lake village sites of Switzerland, Germany and Austria have been known for more than 150 years. Over one hundred of them were accorded UNESCO World Cultural Heritage status in 2011. Mainly dating to the Neolithic (including Copper Age) and Bronze Age, the zone of la...

Persons

Applicants

  • Albert Hafner, Prähistorische Archäologie Institut für Archäologische Wissenschaften Universität Bern, Switzerland
  • Helmut Schlichtherle, Landesdenkmalamt Baden-Würtemberg Archäologische Denkmalpflege, Germany
  • Timothy Taylor, Institut für Ur- und Frühgeschichte Universität Wien, Austria
  • Willy Tinner, Botanischer Garten der Universität Bern Universität Bern, Switzerland

Employees

  • Julian Laabs, Prähistorische Archäologie Institut für Archäologische Wissenschaften Universität Bern, Switzerland
  • Othmar Wey, Prähistorische Archäologie Institut für Archäologische Wissenschaften Universität Bern, Switzerland

Disciplines and keywords

mySNF disciplines (provided by researchers): Prehistory, Botany, Environmental Research, Ecology
Fields of research (mapped from mySNF Disciplines): History, Heritage and Archaeology, Ecology, Ecology, Plant biology
Keywords: agent based modeling, archaeological survey/fieldwork, early human impact, land use and land cover modeling, prehistory, palaeoecology, Neolithic/Neolithisation, long-term human-environment relationships, palynology, climate, landscape and environmental archaeology

Overview

Grant number
152862
Funding scheme
Weave/Lead Agency
Call
Project funding 2013 (01.10.2013)
Approved amount
614,594 CHF
Status
Completed
Research institution
University of Berne – BE
Institute
Institut für Archäologische Wissenschaften Philosophisch-historische Fakultät Universität Bern