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Excavated pile dwellings in Sweden · Mysteria

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Excavated pile dwellings in Sweden

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🇸🇪 Sweden · Ancient village

Alvastra Pile Dwelling

Middle Neolithic (c.3200–2800 BCE) · Funnel Beaker (TRB)

Neolithic pile dwelling (c.3000 BCE) of the Funnel Beaker culture on the former shore of Lake Vättern, with piles preserved in peat, pottery, flint and cemeteries.