
The Lake-Dwellings of Europe / Being the Rhind Lectures in Archæology for 1888
by Robert Munro
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About This Book
Dr Robert Munro (1835-1920) was a distinguished medical practitioner who, in his later life, became a keen archaeologist. His particular interests lay in the lake-dwelling settlements of his native Scotland, known as crannogs, as well as those then being discovered across Europe. In 1885 Robert Munro undertook a review of all lacustrian research in Europe, travelling widely to study collections and visit sites. The results of this work formed the basis for the prestigious Rhind Lectures at the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland in 1888. These were then published as The Lake-Dwellings of Europe...
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- THE Lake-Dwellings OF Europe:
- PREFACE.
- First Lecture. SETTLEMENTS IN LAKE ZÜRICH, WESTERN SWITZERLAND AND FRANCE.
- LAKE ZÜRICH.
- LAKE OF BIENNE.
- LAKE OF NEUCHÂTEL.
- LAKE OF MORAT (MURTEN).
- INKWYLERSEE.
- BURGÄSCHISEE.
- MOOSSEEDORFSEE.
- SEMPACHERSEE.
- WAUWYLERSEE. (B. 34 and 126.)
- LAKE OF ZUG. (B. 61 and 126.)
- BALDEGGERSEE. (B. 253 and 336.)
- LAKE OF GENEVA.
- LAKE LUISSEL, CANTON DE VAUD.
- LAKE BOURGET.
- LAKE ANNECY.
- LAKES OF AIGUEBELLETTE AND THUILLE.
- LAKE CLAIRVAUX (FRANCE).
- MARSH DWELLING IN THE TOWN OF BORDEAUX.
- Second Lecture. SETTLEMENTS IN EASTERN SWITZERLAND, THE DANUBIAN VALLEY, AND CARNIOLA.
- LAKE OF PFÄFFIKON.
- EGELSEE, NEAR FRAUENFIELD.
- GREIFENSEE.
- HEIMENLACHEN.
- KRÄHENRIED, NEAR KALTENBRUNNEN IN THURGAU.
- LAKE OF NUSSBAUMEN.
- LAKE OF CONSTANCE.
- MINDLISEE AND BUSSENSEE.
- FEDERSEE.
- OLZREUTHERSEE.
- DANUBIAN BASIN.
- LAKE OF STARNBERG (WÜRMSEE).
- MONDSEE.
- ATTERSEE (UPPER AUSTRIA).
- FUSCHLSEE.
- NEUSIEDLERSEE.
- PILE STRUCTURES IN HUNGARY.
- RESEARCHES IN THE LAKES OF CARINTHIA AND CARNIOLA.
- LAIBACH MOOR (CARNIOLA).
- Third Lecture. LAKE-DWELLINGS AND PILE-STRUCTURES IN ITALY.
- LAKE OF VARESE.
- LAKE MONATE.
- LAKE VARANO, TERNATE, OR COMABBIO.
- TORBIERA DI MOMBELLO
- TORBIERA DI VALCUVIA.
- TORBIERA DI BRENNO.
- LAKE OF LECCO.
- LAKE OF ANNONE.
- LAKE OF PUSIANO.
- TORBIERA DI BOSISIO.
- TORBIERA DI CAPRIANO.
- TORBIERA DI MAGGIOLINO.
- TORBIERA DI MERCURAGO.
- TORBIERA DI BORGO-TICINO, ETC.
- TORBIERA DI SAN MARTINO (SAN GIOVANNI DEL BOSCO).
- LAGOZZA.
- LAKE GARDA.
- LAKE FIMON. (B. 83, 110, 132, and 295.)
- ARQUÀ-PETRARCA.
- POLADA.
- CASCINA, Etc.
- TERREMARE.
- SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS AT CASTIONE.
- MONTALE.
- CASALE ZAFFANELLA.
- GORZANO (MODENA).
- GENERAL REMARKS ON THE TERRAMARA SETTLEMENTS.
- Fourth Lecture. SPECIAL CHARACTER OF THE REMAINS FOUND AT LA TÈNE AND IN LAKE PALADRU: LACUSTRINE AND MARINE DWELLINGS IN THE LOWER RHINE DISTRICT AND NORTH GERMANY.
- LA TÈNE.
- LAKE PALADRU.
- RHINE DISTRICT.
- THE PALATINATE.
- DEÛLE-À-HOUPLIN.
- MAESTRICHT (HOLLAND).
- NORTH GERMANY.—(a) MECKLENBURG.
- (b) POMERANIA AND CENTRAL PRUSSIA.
- (c) POSEN AND POLAND.
- (d) EAST PRUSSIA AND LIVLAND.
- General Remarks on the Lake-Dwellings of North Germany.
- ANCIENT MARINE DWELLINGS ON THE COASTS OF HOLLAND AND WESTERN GERMANY.
- TERPEN (WEST FRIESLAND).
- WARFEN (EAST FRIESLAND).
- WURTHEN (DITHMARSCHEN).
- Fifth Lecture. THE LAKE-DWELLINGS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND.
- I.—IRISH CRANNOGS.
- LAGORE OR DUNSHAUGHLIN.
- DISCOVERY OF OTHER CRANNOGS.
- BALLINDERRY.
- LOUGH FAUGHAN.
- DISCOVERIES BY BOARD OF WORKS.
- STROKESTOWN CRANNOGS.
- LOUGH RAVEL NEAR RANDALSTOWN.
- TONYMORE.
- FURTHER DISCOVERIES.
- BALLYDOOLOUGH.
- "THE MIRACLES."
- LOUGH EYES.
- DRUMDARRAGH, OR TRILLICK.
- COAL-BOG, NEAR BOHO.
- LISNACROGHERA.
- LOUGH MOURNE.
- LIST OF IRISH CRANNOGS
- II.—SCOTTISH LAKE-DWELLINGS OR CRANNOGS.
- DOWALTON.
- RELICS FROM THE CRANNOGS IN LOCH DOWALTON.
- LOCHLEE.
- RELICS FROM LOCHLEE.
- LOCHSPOUTS.
- RELICS.
- BUSTON.
- LIST OF RELICS.
- AIRRIEOULLAND.
- BARHAPPLE.
- WHITE LOCH OF RAVENSTONE.
- FRIAR'S CARSE.
- STONE LAKE-DWELLINGS AND OTHER ARTIFICIAL ISLANDS.
- GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF SCOTTISH LAKE-DWELLINGS.
- LIST OF SCOTTISH CRANNOGS
- CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF RELICS.
- III.—ENGLISH LAKE-DWELLINGS.
- THE MERES OF NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK.
- LAKE-DWELLINGS IN THE FENLAND.
- PILE-STRUCTURES IN LONDON.
- CRANNOG IN LLANGORSE LAKE, NEAR BRECON, SOUTH WALES.
- LAKE-DWELLINGS IN BERKS, ETC.
- LAKE-DWELLINGS IN HOLDERNESS, COUNTY OF YORK.
- IV.—GENERAL REMARKS ON THE LAKE-DWELLINGS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND.
- Sixth Lecture. THE LAKE-DWELLERS OF EUROPE— THEIR CULTURE AND CIVILISATION.
- I.—STONE AGE.
- II.—TRANSITION PERIOD.
- III.—BRONZE AGE.
- IV.—IRON AGE.
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