GERMANY ~ Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps - Uhldingen - UNESCO ~

... Great view of the oldest open-air museum in Germany and one of the largest open-air archaeological museums in Europe... experts have reconstructed a small community of these ancient pile dwellings... although it is artificial in the sense that the structures are not original, everything has been put together exactly the way it would have been thousands of years ago... the museum is run by underwater archaeologists and cultural historians to ensure the accuracy of everything... take a guided trip back in time and experience life as it was in the mysterious world of the Stone Age farmers and fishermen 6,000 years ago, and of the bronze smelters 3,000 years ago in the Bronze Age... Thanks a lot Ave!【ツ】

The Unteruhldingen Stilt Village is located on Lake Constance in Uhldingen-Mühlhofen in Baden-Württemberg.

Some of the pile dwellings were reconstructed from 1922 onwards and a small museum was established to house the numerous finds. Thanks to scientific analysis, it is now possible to accurately date the structures of entire settlements and document the history of the villages and their environment. Textiles, dugout canoes, wagons and wheels – the oldest wheels in Europe dating from around 3,000 BC were found here – build up a picture of trading, agriculture, livestock rearing and mobility in the Neolithic, Bronze and Iron Age, as well as fascinating insights into the village life of early farmers and fishermen.  It offered people protection against enemies and predators, while providing access to the water and nearby shores for fishing and farming.

What began with two pole houses has become a sizable museum: six small villages with 23 reconstructed houses from the Stone and Bronze Age, dating back to about 4,000 to 850 B.C.

In 2011, UNESCO put the remains of prehistoric pile-dwelling settlements in and around the Alps - 111 small individual sites in six Alpine nations, including the site at Unteruhldingen - on its WHS  list.

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(01-07-2019)