Tyrol is an historical region in Western Central Europe. The term has its origin in the former County of Tyrol, today can be referred to different regions and entities (see disambiguation page Tyrol).
Archaeological findings show people settled in the middle alpine region, later to be called Tyrol, when the glaciers retreated and flora and fauna revived, after the last ice age ended around 12,000 BC. Artefacts found on the Seiser Alm date to the ...
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Tyrol is an historical region in Western Central Europe. The term has its origin in the former County of Tyrol, today can be referred to different regions and entities (see disambiguation page Tyrol).
Archaeological findings show people settled in the middle alpine region, later to be called Tyrol, when the glaciers retreated and flora and fauna revived, after the last ice age ended around 12,000 BC. Artefacts found on the Seiser Alm date to the Upper Palaeolithic era. In the valley bottoms near Bozen, Brixen and Salorno Mesolithic hunters resting places were discovered. Stone artefacts recovered there were dated to the 8th millennia BC. Discovery of Ötzi on the Similaun glacier in 1991 proved man had already crossed the highest Alpine passes 5000 years ago. Sedentary settlements of farmers and herders can be traced back to 5000 BC. There is ample evidence of settlements in the main and side valleys during the early and middle Bronze Age (1800-1300 BC). Preferred settlement sites were...
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