This menhir dates back to the Neolithic period, between 4500 and 400 B.C. Its flat surface is entirely pitted, while its other side contains about fifteen cupules.

This house is a reconstruction of a late Bronze Age dwelling. It belongs to a village excavated in Cortaillod.

The Neolithic site of Hauterive/Champréveyres is located in the archaeological park. Thanks to dendrochronology, it has been dated to 3810 BC.

Numerous remains of organic material tell of the daily life of our ancestors who made their home on the shores of our lakes.

Numerous organic remains tell of the daily life of our ancestors who made their home on the shores of our lakes.

Bronze ornament in the form of a comb, decorated with a bird figure, ca. 1000 B.C. Onnens (VD).

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Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps

Laténium

Lake dwellings from the bronze to the neolithic age

A remarkable concentration of pile-dwelling sites has been identified on the shores of Lakes Bienne, Morat and Neuchâtel. Since the earliest discoveries in the 19th century, intensive archaeological research has been carried out in the region. Many of the pile-dwelling sites uncovered have now become reference sites for European prehistoric research.

The collections on display at the Laténium, the reconstructed pile dwellings in the Archaeological Park and the scientific examinations carried out here have made our museum one of the main centres of research for enhancing and safeguarding this archaeological Heritage that is of global importance.

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Laténium

Lake dwellings from the bronze to the neolithic age

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