Editing History of Switzerland (section)

=== Prehistory ===
[[Archeology|Archeological]] evidence suggests that hunter-gatherers were already settled in the lowlands north of the [[Swiss Alps|Alps]] in the [[Middle Paleolithic]] period 150,000 years ago.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://history-switzerland.geschichte-schweiz.ch/prehistory-lake-dwellings.html|title=Switzerland's Prehistory: Stone Age, Lake Dwellings|website=history-switzerland.geschichte-schweiz.ch|access-date=November 24, 2013|archive-date=January 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160103114925/http://history-switzerland.geschichte-schweiz.ch/prehistory-lake-dwellings.html|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Agriculture in Switzerland]] began around 5500 BC. 

By the [[Neolithic]] period, the area was relatively densely populated. Remains of [[Bronze Age]] [[pile dwelling]]s from as early as 3800 BC<ref>{{cite news|title=Prehistoric find located beneath the waves|date=September 10, 2007|author=Julia Slater|publisher=[[swissinfo]]|url=http://www.swissinfo.org/eng/social_affairs/detail/Prehistoric_find_located_beneath_the_waves.html?siteSect=201&sid=8202971|access-date=September 15, 2007|archive-date=June 16, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080616154424/http://www.swissinfo.org/eng/social_affairs/detail/Prehistoric_find_located_beneath_the_waves.html?siteSect=201&sid=8202971|url-status=dead}}</ref> have been found in the shallow areas of many lakes. Around 1500 BC, [[Celt]]ic tribes settled in the area. The [[Raetia]]ns lived in the eastern regions, while the west was occupied by the [[Helvetii]].