Timbers Beneath German Lake May Push Europe’s Built History Back 3,000 Years
Archaeologists studying submerged wooden structures beneath a German lake say the timbers may date to around 10,500 years ago, potentially placing deliberate construction in the region thousands of years before the arrival of farming. If confirmed, the find would challenge long-held assumptions about when and how hunter-gatherers in northern Europe began shaping the landscape with built structures.
