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Hillfort gate-mechanisms: a contextual, architectural reassessment of Eddisbury, Hembury, and Cadbury hillforts [PDF]
Archaeological Journal, 2020 This paper offers a typology of hillfort gate-mechanisms, and a developed understanding of temporal depth in hillfort architecture – via applied contextual analysis. Rediscovery of the Eddisbury hillfort archive revealed three iron gate-mechanisms. To situate these rare objects, detailed analyses of entrance architecture and stratigraphy was conducted –
Pope, Rachel +4 more
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Archaeologia Lituana, 2018 [full article, abstract in English; abstract in Lithuanian] This article is devoted to the Central Nadruvians hillforts, located within the territory of the intercultural area of theWest Balt Circle (the so-called Inster-Pregolian group of sites), and
Olga Khomiakova +2 more
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Reproduction of melting behavior for vitrified hillforts based on amphibolite, granite, and basalt lithologies [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2021 European Bronze and Iron Age vitrified hillforts have been known since the 1700s, but archaeological interpretations regarding their function and use are still debated.
John S. McCloy +11 more
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Documenta Praehistorica, 2018 During the Late Iron Age, monumental stone statues of warriors were established in the northwest of Iberia, ‘arming’ landscapes that ultimately encouraged specific types of semiotic ideologies in the region.
Javier Rodriguez-Corral
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Hillforts: The Traditions of “Mottes” in the Territory of the Volyn Land in the Lithuanian Period
Archaeologia Lituana, 2018 [full article, abstract in English; abstract in Lithuanian] A group of monuments, specific by their external morphological features, stands out among the late medieval fortifications on the territory of the Volyn land.
Sergey Panishko
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Pierit-au avarii? O privire dinspre Europa de răsărit / Have Avars gone? A view from Eastern Europe [PDF]
Plural: History, Culture, Society, 2023 he presence of the Avars in Eastern Europe, particularly in the lands between the Carpathian Mountains and the river Dnieper, has so far been a matter of concern for historians.
Florin Curta
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Поволжская археология, 2021 The article discusses about reasons for the emergence of tradition to build multiple ramparts to the hillforts. The authors offer their own fundamentally new view and criticize existing concepts. The research based both archival materials and field study
Mingalev Vitalii V. +1 more
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Археология евразийских степей, 2023 The cultural layers of five hillforts located in the upper parts of the Volga and Western Dvina rivers (Tver region) were studied according to the descriptions of prospecting shafts and core samples.
Alexey L. Smirnov +5 more
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Where have all the Avars gone? A view from eastern Europe
Приноси към българската археология, 2022 The presence of the Avars in Eastern Europe, particularly in the lands between the Carpathian Mountains and the river Dnieper, has so far been a matter of concern for historians. Archaeologists are skeptical: except for a couple of finds from Budureasca,
Florin Curta
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Diversity, 2023 We studied charcoal from several types of natural soil archives, including cultural layers of archaeological sites (hillforts), surrounding forest and arable soils, and sediments in lower parts of the slopes associated with hillforts and moraine hills ...
Maxim V. Bobrovsky +5 more
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