No place have researchers found more Neolithic pile dwellings than around the Alps. It is a mystery, however, how this “building boom” came to be. Researchers at the University of Basel have now uncovered new clues and say that settlers at Lake Varese in northern Italy may have played a leading role.
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Source: Phys.org