Biskupin

An Early Iron Age defended settlement of the Lusatian culture of c 550-400 BC, on a former island in Lake Biskupin, northwest Poland. The island site was ringed by a breakwater of piles and fortified by a rampart of timber compartments filled with earth and stones. Inside were more than 100 wooden cabins, which were all erected within a year, arranged along parallel streets made of logs. Up to 1200 people may have been housed there. Workshops for craftsmen in bone, bronze, and horn have been excavated. Waterlogged ground preserved the structures.

An Iron Age settlement belonging to the late Lausitz culture in northwest Poland. It was situated on an island and defended with timber breakwaters and box ramparts. More than 100 rectangular timber houses were laid out on a regular street system and may have housed up to 1000 people. Workshops for craftsmen in bronze, horn and bone were excavated.