Erosion Hazards and Efficient Preservation Measures in Prehistoric Cultural Layers in the Littoral of Lake Constance (Germany,Switzerland) |
| |
| Authors: | Wolfgang Ostendorp Frank Peeters Hilmar Hofmann Helmut Schlichtherle Hansjörg Brem |
| |
| Affiliation: | 1. Limnologisches Institut der Universit?t Konstanz, Konstanz;2. Landesamt für Denkmalpflege (LAD) im Regierungspr?sidium Stuttgart Gaienhofen-Hemmenhofen, Germany;3. Amt für Arch?ologie des Kantons Thurgau, Frauenfeld, Switzerland |
| |
| Abstract: | Many Neolithic and Bronze Age cultural layers and pile fields embedded in sediments at the shorelines of pre-alpine lakes in France, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, and Italy (in part UNESCO World Heritage Sites), are threatened by littoral erosion which is partly caused by human agency. Based on measurements of the wave field at four prehistoric sites on Lake Constance (Germany, Switzerland) we discuss the role of passenger ship navigation. We also review the stability and ecological compatibility of archaeological preservation control fills on the littoral platform of Lake Constance, and we make some recommendations for future preservation measures. |
| |
| Keywords: | erosion markers monitoring sediments UNESCO World Heritage pile dwellings waves currents |
|
|
