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One of the regions of Europe where archaeological lakeshore sites or so-called pile-dwellings[aut]Pile-dwelling are found is the tripoint of AlbaniaAlbania, GreeceGreece and North MacedoniaNorth Macedonia, which includes dozens of known lakeshore sites on and in different lakes[aut]Lake. One of the aims of the ERC Synergy Project EXPLO[aut] (EXPLO) is the systematic underwater archaeological investigation of key pile-dwelling[aut]Pile-dwelling sites in this region. Currently, more than a dozen prehistoric lake- or river shore[aut]Riverine environmentriver shore sites from the Neolithic and the Bronze and Iron Ages are known in the area surrounding the lakes[aut]Lake of Ohrid, Prespa and Maliq (Fig.  5.1 ) (Naumov in Plattform 23:10–20, 2016; Andoni et al. in New Archaeological Discoveries in the Albanian Regions. Procedings of the International Conference, Tirana 30–31 January 2017. Botimet Albanologjike, Tirana, pp 123–140, 2017; Oberweiler et al. in Bulletin Archéologique Des Écoles Françaises à L’étranger 2020; Lera et al. in Bulletin archéologique des Écoles françaises à l’étranger 2020). Several of these sites still show waterlogged archaeological layers, in which organic matter and wooden construction elements are well preserved. However, only a few are systematically investigated and the number of absolute dates for most of the sites is still rather low. This paper summarises the recent archaeological fieldwork conducted by the University of Bern in partnership with the Museum of Ohrid and the Center for Prehistoric Research in Skopje on the site Ploča Mičov GradPloča Mičov Grad in North MacedoniaNorth Macedonia based on the publications of Hafner et al. (J Archaeol Sci Rep 38, 2021) and Reich et al. (J Archaeol Sci Rep 39, 2021) as well as new preliminary results of the ongoing research. We focus on ongoing research that has provided the first absolute chronologies of Neolithic and Bronze Age settlements[aut]Settlement at Lake OhridLake Ohrid (Hafner et al. J Archaeol Sci Rep 38, 2021). The main methodology relies on both dendrochronological and radiocarbon[aut]Radiocarbon datings. This high precision dating, in combination with studies of the material culture, contributes to a better chronological understanding of the prehistory of the surrounding basins and the southwestern BalkansBalkan/s in general.

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Neolithic and Bronze Age Pile-Dwellings at Lake Ohrid: Underwater Excavations at Ploča Mičov Grad (North Macedonia)

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  • Johannes Reich,
  • Marco Hostettler,
  • Ariane Ballmer,
  • Albert Hafner

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One of the regions of Europe where archaeological lakeshore sites or so-called pile-dwellings[aut]Pile-dwelling are found is the tripoint of AlbaniaAlbania, GreeceGreece and North MacedoniaNorth Macedonia, which includes dozens of known lakeshore sites on and in different lakes[aut]Lake. One of the aims of the ERC Synergy Project EXPLO[aut] (EXPLO) is the systematic underwater archaeological investigation of key pile-dwelling[aut]Pile-dwelling sites in this region. Currently, more than a dozen prehistoric lake- or river shore[aut]Riverine environmentriver shore sites from the Neolithic and the Bronze and Iron Ages are known in the area surrounding the lakes[aut]Lake of Ohrid, Prespa and Maliq (Fig.  5.1 ) (Naumov in Plattform 23:10–20, 2016; Andoni et al. in New Archaeological Discoveries in the Albanian Regions. Procedings of the International Conference, Tirana 30–31 January 2017. Botimet Albanologjike, Tirana, pp 123–140, 2017; Oberweiler et al. in Bulletin Archéologique Des Écoles Françaises à L’étranger 2020; Lera et al. in Bulletin archéologique des Écoles françaises à l’étranger 2020). Several of these sites still show waterlogged archaeological layers, in which organic matter and wooden construction elements are well preserved. However, only a few are systematically investigated and the number of absolute dates for most of the sites is still rather low. This paper summarises the recent archaeological fieldwork conducted by the University of Bern in partnership with the Museum of Ohrid and the Center for Prehistoric Research in Skopje on the site Ploča Mičov GradPloča Mičov Grad in North MacedoniaNorth Macedonia based on the publications of Hafner et al. (J Archaeol Sci Rep 38, 2021) and Reich et al. (J Archaeol Sci Rep 39, 2021) as well as new preliminary results of the ongoing research. We focus on ongoing research that has provided the first absolute chronologies of Neolithic and Bronze Age settlements[aut]Settlement at Lake OhridLake Ohrid (Hafner et al. J Archaeol Sci Rep 38, 2021). The main methodology relies on both dendrochronological and radiocarbon[aut]Radiocarbon datings. This high precision dating, in combination with studies of the material culture, contributes to a better chronological understanding of the prehistory of the surrounding basins and the southwestern BalkansBalkan/s in general.