Deciphering Lakeside Settlements

The scientific study of the pile dwellings has brought to light many details of the prehistoric economy and human-environment relationships. But perhaps our concepts of economy and settlement have been too simple so far. This project aims to lay the foundations for the application of palaeogenetics to sediments in pile-dwelling archaeology.

PI Peter Trebsche, Co-PIs: Örni Akeret (IPNA Basel), Niels Bleicher (Stadt Zürich), Laura Epp (University of Konstanz), Rouven Turck (University of Zürich)

Austrian Science Fund (FWF); Grant-DOI: PIN2805024.

Projekt duration: October 2025 - September 2028; Link to project