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Unteruhldingen in Germany, near Lake Constance, is home to an open-air
museum (Pfahlbauern Museum) showing 20 reconstructed lake dwellings from the
Stone and Bronze Ages (4000 - 858 BC). The museum, which opened in 1922, was
one the first of its kind in Europe. Today it attracts about 300,000
visitors a year from all over the world. It gives an insight into how people
lived thousands of years ago. The dwellings consisted of wooden huts built
on piles in the water, mainly providing protection against marauders. The
huts had beaten clay floors and some also housed sheep and cattle. Remains
of various pile-dwelling settlements are found in many parts of the world. |
