This open access book presents a comprehensive and interdisciplinary overview of selected prehistoric wetland settlements of Southern Europe and their palaeoenvironment. The discussed sites spread from eastern Spain across southern France, Italy, Slovenia, down the Balkan Peninsula and as far as the Black Sea coast and are dated between 5500 and 1000 BC, i.e. to the Neolithic and the Bronze Age. An excursive case study from China is included. The book explores four dimensions of the prehistoric wetland settlements, which are presented in three parts: (I) Archaeological sites and recent excavations, (II) Dendrochronology, and (III) Palaeoecology and Bioarchaeology. Drawing on expert contributions from both archaeology and the natural sciences, the book targets scholars, professionals, and students from the fields of prehistoric archaeology and palaeo-sciences, and is also of interest to cultural-heritage stakeholders. weiterlesen