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New Perspectives on the Architecture and Function of Welsh Hillforts and Defended Settlements
Internet 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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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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Functional Evolution of the Kernavė Hillforts in the Iron Age: New Intepretations of Old Data
Archaeologia 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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Przegląd Archeologiczny, 2017 In this paper, the authors present and discuss three early medieval hillforts: Stradów, Demblin and Szczaworyż, excavated by the former Zakład Archeologii Małopolski IHKM in the 1950’s and 1960’s in Lesser Poland.
Bartłomiej Szymon Szmoniewski +1 more
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Поволжская археология, 2018 The paper considers the methodological aspects of comprehensive archaeological and geological-geomorphological studies of fortifications dating back to the Early Iron Age – Early Middle Ages.
Khisiametdinova Asia A. +1 more
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A Tauriscan Lt D obol from Lobor hillfort (Hrvatsko Zagorje, Croatia)
Arheološki Vestnik, 2023 A small silver coin complementary to the Augentyp-Stamm Tauriscan obols was found in controlled archaeological excavations at the Lobor hillfort. The hillfort was fortified in the late La Tène period (Lt D), which is also the most likely depositional ...
Tomislav Bilić
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, 2019 Hillforts represent the largest and arguably most impressive archaeological monuments in the Irish landscape. While the study of hillforts progressed rapidly in Britain during the twentieth century, it was not until the work of Barry Raftery in the late 1960s and 70s that these great enclosures became the focus of sustained research in Ireland. Raftery'
O'Driscoll, James +2 more
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LIDAR VIEWS OF BRONZE AND IRON AGE HILL-TOP SITES IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN CARPATHIANS
Journal of Ancient History and Archaeology, 2021 The article offers a glimpse into the potential of a series of recent LiDAR based explorations, in cases combined with geophysical prospections, pin-pointed excavation and radiocarbon dating of enclosures, to contribute to the better understanding of the
Maria-Magdalena Ștefan, Dan Ștefan
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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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Поволжская археология, 2022 The paper publishes information about finds of Cypraea moneta (cowry) shells in archaeological sites of Eastern Europe of the VIII century BC – 7th century AD.
Yasakov Viktor S.
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