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A number of dwellings built between 1999 and 2002.
Pfahlbauten open-air museum
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Pfahlbaumuseum Unteruhldingen (German
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for 'Stilt house
Stilt houses (also called pile dwellings or lake dwellings) are houses raised on stilts (or piles) over the surface of the soil or a body of water. Stilt houses are built primarily as a protection against flooding; they also keep out vermin. ...
museum') is an archaeological open-air museum
An archaeological open-air museum is a non-profit permanent institution with outdoor true-to-scale architectural reconstructions primarily based on archaeological sources. It holds collections of intangible heritage resources and provides an int ...
on Lake Constance
Lake Constance (german: Bodensee, ) refers to three bodies of water on the Rhine at the northern foot of the Alps: Upper Lake Constance (''Obersee''), Lower Lake Constance (''Untersee''), and a connecting stretch of the Rhine, called the Lak ...
(Bodensee) in Unteruhldingen
Unteruhldingen is a small village, part of the town of Uhldingen-Mühlhofen, on the northwestern shore of Lake Constance, Germany.
It is home to the Pfahlbauten, an open-air museum displaying reconstructions of Neolithic and Bronze Age pile dwellin ...
, Germany
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, consisting of reconstructions of stilt houses or lake dwellings from the Neolithic
The Neolithic period, or New Stone Age, is an Old World archaeological period and the final division of the Stone Age. It saw the Neolithic Revolution, a wide-ranging set of developments that appear to have arisen independently in several pa ...
and Bronze Age
The Bronze Age is a historic period, lasting approximately from 3300 BC to 1200 BC, characterized by the use of bronze, the presence of writing in some areas, and other early features of urban civilization. The Bronze Age is the second pri ...
.
Museum
The museum consists of a number of exhibits displaying archeological finds from the area and period.Reconstructions
The archaeological open-air museum is laid out over a large area with reconstructions of lake pile dwellings from 4000 BC to 850 BC. The museum was opened in 1922 with various reconstructions being added up until the present day.Stone age houses “Riedschachen/Schussenried”
In 1922, the first two stilt houses were erected. They are based on archaeological excavations in a bog close to the Federsee nearBad Schussenried
Bad Schussenried (; Swabian: ''Schussariad'') is a spa town in Upper Swabia in the district of Biberach, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
It lies on the Upper Swabian Baroque Route and the Swabian Spa Route.
Schussenried Abbey, a former monast ...
in 1920 where remains of a Neolithic settlement of 4000 BC were found.
Bronze age village “Bad Buchau”
Is an idealistic reconstruction of late Bronze Age buildings on a platform, built between 1923 and 1931.Stone age village “Sipplingen”
Built between 1938 and 1940 based on early stone age stilt dwellings.“Hornstaad-House” and “Arbon-House”
Stone age reconstructions built between 1996 and 1998.Bronze age village “Unteruhldingen”
A number of dwellings built between 1999 and 2002.
SWR Stone Age village
Building moved to the site, originally used in the TV program “Steinzeit - Das Experiment. Leben wie vor 5000 Jahren”
See also
*Prehistoric pile dwellings around the Alps
Prehistoric pile dwellings around the Alps are a series of prehistoric pile dwelling (or stilt house) settlements in and around the Alps built from about 5000 to 500 BC on the edges of lakes, rivers or wetlands. In 2011, 111 sites located variousl ...
* Post in ground
* Neolithic Europe
The European Neolithic is the period when Neolithic (New Stone Age) technology was present in Europe, roughly between 7000 BCE (the approximate time of the first farming societies in Greece) and c.2000–1700 BCE (the beginning of the Bronze Ag ...
* Bronze Age Europe
The European Bronze Age is characterized by bronze artifacts and the use of bronze implements. The regional Bronze Age succeeds the Neolithic and Copper Age and is followed by the Iron Age. It starts with the Aegean Bronze Age in 3200 BC
(succ ...
* Urnfield culture
The Urnfield culture ( 1300 BC – 750 BC) was a late Bronze Age culture of Central Europe, often divided into several local cultures within a broader Urnfield tradition. The name comes from the custom of cremating the dead and p ...
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Pfahlbauten open-air museum
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