Construções Palafitas Pré-históricas nos Alpes (Alemanha, Áustria, Eslovénia, França, Itália e Suiça)

O postal mostra o Lago de Constança, na Alemanha (Lac de Constance Lake)

Este bem agrupa 111 sítios situados nos Alpes e à volta, onde se encontram vestígios de instalações palafitas (sobre estacas)  pré-históricas. Datando de cerca de 5.000 a cerca de 500 anos antes de Cristo, situam-se nas margens de lagos, de rios ou de terras pantanosas.

As escavações arqueológicas, efectuadas somente em alguns locais, proporcionaram conhecimentos que dão uma visão da vida quotidiana na Europa alpina no Neolítico e na Idade do Bronze e o modo como as comunidades interagiam com o ambiente. Cinquenta e seis sítios encontram-se na Suíça.

Estes estabelecimentos constituem um grupo único de sítios arqueológicos particularmente ricos e bem conservados, constituindo uma das mais importantes fontes para o estudo das primeiras sociedades agrárias da região.

FR:

Ce bien en série regroupe 111 sites où se trouvent des vestiges d'établissements préhistoriques palafittiques (sur pilotis) dans et autour des Alpes. Datant d'environ 5 000 à environ 500 av. J.-C., ils sont situés sur les bords de lacs, de rivières ou de terres marécageuses. Seul un petit nombre ont été fouillés mais ils ont fourni des éléments qui donnent un aperçu de la vie quotidienne dans l'Europe alpine du Néolithique et de l'Age de bronze, ainsi que des informations sur la façon dont les communautés interagissaient avec leur environnement. Cinquante-six sites se trouvent en Suisse. Ces établissements constituent un groupe unique de sites archéologiques particulièrement riches et très bien conservés ; ils représentent des sources importantes pour l'étude des premières sociétés agraires de la région.

EN:

This serial property of 111 small individual sites encompasses the remains of prehistoric pile-dwelling (or stilt house) settlements in and around the Alps built from around 5000 to 500 B.C. on the edges of lakes, rivers or wetlands. Excavations, only conducted in some of the sites, have yielded evidence that provides insight into life in prehistoric times during the Neolithic and Bronze Age in Alpine Europe and the way communities interacted with their environment. Fifty-six of the sites are located in Switzerland. The settlements are a unique group of exceptionally well-preserved and culturally rich archaeological sites, which constitute one of the most important sources for the study of early agrarian societies in the region.

Outstanding Universal Value

Criterion (iv): The series of pile dwelling sites are one of the most important archaeological sources for the study of early agrarian societies in Europe between 5,000 and 500 BC. The waterlogged conditions have preserved organic matter that contributes in an outstanding way to our understanding of significant changes in the Neolithic and Bronze Age history of Europe in general, and of the interactions between the regions around the Alps in particular.

Criterion (v): The series of pile dwelling sites has provided an extraordinary and detailed insight into the settlement and domestic arrangements of pre-historic, early agrarian lake shore communities in the Alpine and sub-Alpine regions of Europe over almost 5,000 years. The revealed archaeological evidence allows an unique understanding of the way these societies interacted with their environment, in response to new technologies, and also to the impact of climate change.

souce: UNESCO site

UNESCO site:  http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1363  » texts in Arabic, Chinese, Russian, Spanish and Japanese.