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Jacomet, Stefanie / Leuzinger, Urs / Schibler, Jörg (Eds.). 2004. Die jungsteinzeitliche Siedlung Arbon Bleiche 3. Umwelt und Wirtschaft. Amt für Archäologie des KantonsThurgau, Frauenfeld. Archäologie im Thurgau vol. 12. 458 pages. ISBN 3-905405-12-1 ISN 1420-0570 Costs: 100 US $ plus postage Order address: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> This is an interdisciplinary publication about a Neolithic lake dwelling site on the Swiss lake shores of the lake of Constance. Dendrochronological analysis show that the village was constructed in 3384 BC and was subsequently destroyed by a fire in 3370 BC. Almost half of the whole village could be excavated. The excavation area of the settlement included 27 houses. Every house could be dated, thus the settlement history could be reconstructed. The archaeological findings and the excavation information are already published in two previous volumes. Now the last volume about “environment and economy” can be presented. In this volume various disciplines within archaeological sciences are discussed with respect to the site, including analysis of sediments, bones, snails, insect remains, plant remains, human and animal excrements, aDNA, eggs of parasites, chemical and morphological analysis of carbonised food crusts and mineralogical and chemical composition of pot sherds. Presented in this volume is a 36 page English synthesis, in which are included the most important results and the reconstruction of the daily life of the Neolithic farmers. -- Umberto Albarella Department of Archaeology University of Sheffield Northgate House West Street Sheffield S1 4ET United Kingdom Telephone: (+) 44 (0) 114 22 22 943 Fax: (+) 44 (0) 114 27 22 563 http://www.shef.ac.uk/archaeology/staff/albarella.html "No co-operation in military matters should be an essential moral principle for all true scientists" Albert Einstein