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Economic origins of border fortifications

Social Science Research Network
Why do contemporary states fortify their borders? Modern military advancements have made such fortifications obsolete for security, yet scholars have offered no satisfactory alternative theory.
Afiq bin Oslan
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Malé Šance a Valy v Čiernom : príspevok k poznaniu pevnostného systému Jablunkovského priesmyku

Archaeologia Historica, 2016
Jablunkovský priesmyk predstavoval strategický bod v uhorsko-sliezskom pohraničí. Snahy o zabezpečenie tohto priestoru začali už v 16. storočí. Počas dvoch storočí tu bol vybudovaný rozsiahly systém samostatných vojenských opevnení rôznych kategórií ...
Marek Vojteček
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On the nature of the early Medieval fortified settlements in the Trans-Urals [PDF]

Вестник археологии, антропологии и этнографии
Tobol-Ishim interfluve region (Trans-Urals). We aim at determining the functions of fortified settlements of the 4th–9th c. AD Bakal Culture. The primary objective is to identify the main features of the defensive architecture, defence and storm of ...
Matveeva N.P., Sotnikov V.A.
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Matthew P. Maher. The fortifications of Arkadian city states in the Classical and Hellenistic periods.

Journal of Greek archaeology, 2019
Matthew Maher’s monograph on the fortifications of Arkadian city states is (although not mentioned in the book) based on a PhD dissertation at the University of British Columbia (Vancouver) in 2012.
Silke Müth
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Spatial Use and Structure of Fortifications of the Early Medieval Stronghold at Pasym in the Masurian Lakeland

Fasciculi Archaeologiae Historicae, 2022
The stronghold at Pasym is located on an extensive peninsula surrounded by the waters of Lake Kalwa in the southern part of the Olsztyn Lakeland.
Sławomir Wadyl
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Shaping a city and its defenses; fortifications of Hellenistic Berenike Trogodytika

Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean, 2018
Key information on the location, size and dating of the Ptolemaic fortifications of Berenike Trogodytika comes from archaeological excavations carried out in 2013–2015, following the 2012 season when the presence of military architecture in the Red Sea ...
M. Woźniak, S. Sidebotham
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Political and military lessons of the war in Ukraine: Russia and the west [PDF]

Ante Portas, 2023
War in Ukraine lasts for more than a year, and its first political and military lessons can be identified. Both Russia and the West had their painful strategic miscalculations – both were wrong about the readiness of Ukraine to resist and about each ...
Vadim Volovoj
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Early Byzantine finds from Čečan and Gornji Streoc (Kosovo) [PDF]

Starinar, 2005
In this article, we presented the archaeological finds from Čečan and Gornji Streoc - hill-forts on Mount Čičevica in the immediate vicinity of Vučitrn (Kosovo).
Ivanišević Vujadin, Špehar Perica
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Field fortifications from the Second World War: possibilities of archaeological research on post-military landscapes in South Moravia (Czech Republic)

Acta Universitatis Carolinae Geographica, 2019
Field fortifications from the end of World War 2 which were located in South Moravia are almost forgotten nowadays. This paper presents first results of archaeological research of their remains.
Jiří Zubalík
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Japan’s construction of defensive fortifications and its implications for East Asian relations during the Tang dynasty

Humanities & Social Sciences Communications
Japan’s construction of fortifications throughout its history has been a subject of scholarly interest. Japan has been building fortifications for generations, from Muzuki and stone fortifications at home to Japanese fortifications on the Korean ...
Zhuang Li, Kehua Liu
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