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Pierit-au avarii? O privire dinspre Europa de răsărit / Have Avars gone? A view from Eastern Europe [PDF]

open access: yesPlural: 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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Fortification of Multi-Shaft Hillforts in the Perm Urals During the Migration Period: theory and interpretations

open access: yesПоволжская 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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Where have all the Avars gone? A view from eastern Europe

open access: yesПриноси 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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Cultural Layer of the Iron Age and Early Middle Ages Hillforts in the River-Heads of the Volga And Western Dvina (Runa-Zaborovka, Zaborovka-Likhusha, Voroshilovo, Verkhmarevo Archaeological Complex)

open access: yesАрхеология 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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Dynamics of Diversity of Woody Species Taxa under Human Impact in the Upper Volga Region (NW Russia) According to Pedoanthracological Data

open access: yesDiversity, 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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Prehistoric Stone Disks from Entrances and Cemeteries of North-Eastern Adriatic Hillforts

open access: yesDocumenta Praehistorica, 2022
The paper presents a group of four, approximately 0.5m large, stone disks from entrances or cemeteries of two protohistoric hillforts of north-eastern Adriatic.
Federico Bernardini   +6 more
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The Application of Non-Destructive Geophysical Measurements for Mapping and Surveying the Hillforts in the Czech Republic

open access: yesArchaeologia Lituana, 2018
[full article, abstract in English; abstract in Lithuanian] The Czech landscape and its archaeological resources include the most varied types of prehistoric or early medieval hillforts.
Roman Křivánek
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New Perspectives on the Architecture and Function of Welsh Hillforts and Defended Settlements

open access: yesInternet Archaeology, 2018
There are so many hillforts in Wales that their 'architecture' and designs seem to be infinitely varied. In fact, dominant cultural traditions appear to have influenced the construction and design of at least some of the larger hillforts, while recurrent
Toby Driver
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Hillforts Near Rechki Village in Vileyka District of Minsk Oblast: study history and current state of the sites

open access: yesАрхеология евразийских степей, 2021
The paper examines the history of the archaeological study of two hillforts located near Rechki village in Vileyka District of Minsk Oblast. Both sites are located on natural hills and feature a complex fortification system.
Palina S. Kurlovich   +2 more
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Functional Evolution of the Kernavė Hillforts in the Iron Age: New Intepretations of Old Data

open access: yesArchaeologia Lituana, 2019
This article explores the finds and post-excavation reports of earlier archaeological investigations in the five Kernavė hillforts. The detailed analysis of the assembled finds, discovered features and structures made it possible to revise and improve ...
Rokas Vengalis, Gintautas Vėlius
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