Residental above water as a specific form of settlement lakeland area 3101-DMPOJ
Revision of the lake settlement history:
1. Region of the Lake Constance, Attersee Lake and Zurich Lake since Neolithic until the 1st century A.D. (techniques, chronology, dendrodates).
2. Crannog type settlement in Scotland and Ireland (functions, chronology).
3. The state of research issue of the “palafits” and other lake dwellings in Pomerania region (types of the settlement, function, chronology, dendrodates, reconstructions).
4. Lake dwellings of the Varmia and Masuria (types, episodes of research, chronology, reconstructions).
5. The issue of the late medieval stake dwellings (type Kemlady) in the Mecklenburg region and so-called hunting mansions in Prussia.
6. The problem of the site and wet wood preservation.
7. Methods of research and documentation.
Type of course
Prerequisites (description)
Learning outcomes
Participants would be accustomed with the specific form of settlement, one of the most popular underwater sites category as well as main related artefacts
Assessment criteria
Written exam would evaluate students knowledge of the lectures’ content. Attendance is also taken into account.
Bibliography
Czech K., Pfahlbausuche und Lokalisierung der Pfahlbauten Attersee Fudberichte aus Őstereich, 1977, t. 13, s. 31-40
Ruoff U., Der Kleiner Hafner in Zűrich [w:] Archaeologie in Schweiz, 1981, s. 2-14
Kola A., Problems and Perspectives of Archaeological Underwather Research in Inland Waters of Poland, [w:] Acta Universitatis Nicolai Copernici IX, Archeologia Podwodna 1, Toruń 1983, s. 39-47
Archeologia Podwodna 2, Acta Universitatis Nicolai Copernici XI, Toruń 1985
Archeologia Podwodna 4, Acta Universitatis Nicolai Copernici XXIV, Toruń 1995
O'Sullivan, A., Crannogs: Lake Dwellings of Ireland, Dublin: Irish Treasure Series, 2000
Crone, A., The History of a Scottish Lowland Crannog: excavations at Buiston AOC/STAR Monograph 4, Edinburgh 2000
Offenberger J., Die "Pfahlbauten" der Salzkammergutseen, [w:] Das Mondseeland Ausstellungskatalog. OÖ. Landesregierung, s. 295-357, Linz 1981
Ruoff U. Leben im Pfahlbau, [w:] Aare-Verlag, Solothurn 1991, 1. Aufl
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