ABSTRACT
The lake-dwellings and bog settlements in wetland areas of middle Europe form one of the best ‘archives’ available to archaeological exploration. It is not surprising therefore that a number of scientific techniques have been successfully developed here over the past 150 years which give a deep insight not only into the settlements themselves, but also into their relationship with their surroundings (Schlichtherle 1997: 7; Furger 1998: 27; Coles and Coles 1989: 7). Given the richness of this scientific knowledge, which could be so useful for education and information, it is amazing that it has been so little discussed in public, in education (Osterwalder-Maier 1990: 173) and in museology (Sommer 2002: 14) over recent decades.
