Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps
Serial and transnational World Heritage Site since 2011The term pile dwellings refers to wooden buildings constructed on piles in or on lakes, rivers or in bogs and other wetlands. Prehistoric pile dwellings are known in Europe from the Circum-Alpine region, the Balkans, the Iberian Peninsula, the Apennine Peninsula and from north-east European lakes and marshes. According to radiocarbon dating,
Pile Dwellings
Tags: History and Future, Historical infrastructure, Settlement, Prehistory
Spatial extent: Europe
Time: Holocene