Prehistoric lake dwelling
Date
1894
Creator
Unknown, Lithographer
After
Victor Gross (1845 - 1920, German) , Palaeontologist
Object type
Library reference
RCN60260
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 175mm
width (print): 251mm
width (print): 251mm
Description
Reconstruction of a landscape in Switzerland, showing an Alpine lake pile-dwelling with occupants.
Such homes were built in the period c.5000 to 500 B.C., from the Neolithic to the Bronze Age.
Plate 4 from Der mensch, by Johannes Ranke, volume 2 (Leipzig, Bibliographisches Institut, 1894). The plate is titled below: ‘EIN PFAHLBAU DER WESTSCHWEIZ. (Nach V. Gross)’. [A pile-dwelling of western Switzerland (after V, Gross)].
Johannes Ranke (1836-1916) German physiologist and anthropologist.
Such homes were built in the period c.5000 to 500 B.C., from the Neolithic to the Bronze Age.
Plate 4 from Der mensch, by Johannes Ranke, volume 2 (Leipzig, Bibliographisches Institut, 1894). The plate is titled below: ‘EIN PFAHLBAU DER WESTSCHWEIZ. (Nach V. Gross)’. [A pile-dwelling of western Switzerland (after V, Gross)].
Johannes Ranke (1836-1916) German physiologist and anthropologist.
Associated place