1. Formation and deformation processes (Katia F. ACHINO)

• 1.1 Introduction: diversity and variety of wetland archaeology
  • 1.1 Lake-dwellings: “triumph and tragedy” of the Pompeii Hypothesis
• 1.2 The pre-depositional status: general definition
  • 1.2.1 The first natural formation process
  • 1.2.2 The wetland ecosystems: features and formation
  • 1.2.3 The pre-depositional status of wetland lacustrine archaeological contexts.12
• 1.3 The intra-depositional phase
  • 3.1 The first anthropogenic intra-depositional process: the biography of houses in wetland context
  • 3.2 The living floors of lake-side settlements
  • 3.3 Fire events as expression of natural process as well as anthropogenic activity
  • 3.4 Natural intra-depositional processes
  • 3.4.1 Lake-level fluctuations
• 1.4 The lakeside settlement abandonment: introduction
  • 1.4.1 Different abandonment modes in the lakeside settlements context
  • 1.4.2 The causes of abandonment in the lakeside settlements context
• 1.5 Post-depositional processes in the lakeside settlements context
  • 1.5.1 Natural post-depositional processes
  • 1.5.1.1 Natural post-depositional processes on an artefact scale
  • 1.5.1.2 Natural post-depositional processes in a semi micro scale: the lakeside settlements perspective
  • 1.5.1.3 Pedoturbation processes in a regional analysis scale
  • 1.5.2 Cultural post-depositional processes
  • 1.5.2.1 Cultural post-depositional processes: reclamation and scavenging in the lakeside settlements
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  • 1.5.2.2 Cultural post-depositional processes in lakeside settlements: the disturbance
  • 1.5.3 Natural and cultural post-depositional processes: “diversity in unity”
• References

2. The Ljubljansko barje, Slovenia (Anton VELUŠČEK)

• 2.1 Introduction
• 2.2 Chronology of the pile-dwelling sites in the Ljubljansko barje
• 2.3 A case study: pile-dwelling settlements in the Ljubljansko barje
• 2.3.1 Stilt houses?
• 2.4 Conclusion
• References