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 The extreme scarcity of human remains makes any statement on the physical characteristics of the inhabitants highly speculative. However, by analogy with those from other contemporary lake-settlements, they probably averaged about 5 feet in height. As with other prehistoric lake-settlements there is a total absence of inhumation at Ledro, which inclines to the view that lake-dwellers practised the rite of cremation of their dead. Critical opinion varies as to the date of the foundation of the Lake settlement between the upper limits of 2000-1800 BC and the lower limits of 1500-1200 BC. |
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