Bookmarks to the Celebration of the 150th Anniversary of the Discovery of the “Lake-Dwellings”

Two years ago, the BHA (13/2: 22–23) announced the jubilee to be celebrated in 2004 for the 150th anniversary of the discovery of the Neolithic and Bronze Age “lake-dwellings”. This was an appropriate time to stress the significant role this field of inquiry has played in the methodological and epistemological development of prehistoric archaeology, from the second half of the 19th century up to present-day.