Wetland settlement

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Wetland settlements are settlements in permanently or intermittently damp areas, e.g., by lake shores and in marshlands.

Motivation

Common explanations include defense (see "Lake fortress", to free up dry land for cultivation, and easy access to transport routes or to different biotopes for exploitation.[1][2][3] Wetlands offered, in addition to hunting and fishing, conditions for cattle and small scale cultivation of different crops.[4]

Construction

In terms of foundations, dwellins in such settlements can be classified in two types. In fen-type wetlands with small fluctuation of water level, e.g., on the shores of small lakes, houses were build without foundation or on simple foundations, such as clay floors or log floors. Another type is a stilt house, a structure elevated on stilts above the ground or water body.

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