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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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Bronze Age Hillforts around Rovinj on the western coast of the Istrian Peninsula and their pottery
Since the 19th century, the interest of scholars and lovers of antiquity has been focused on the prehistoric hillfort settlements, also known as gradine, castellieri or kastelliere, on the Istrian peninsula. Several hundred of these fortified settlements,
Anja Hellmuth Kramberger +2 more
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LIDAR AND NEW DISCOVERIES OF HILLFORTS IN LATVIA
In the last four years, an explosion-like process of discovering new hillforts has been observed. This has been made possible due to the public availability of LIDAR relief maps and point-cloud data collected in the scanning process.
Jānis Meinerts
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A Tauriscan Lt D obol from Lobor hillfort (Hrvatsko Zagorje, Croatia)
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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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
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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Octavian’s footprints: hillforts, camps and roads between Burnum and Sinotium
On the basis of a recent field survey of Petrovo polje, in comparison to the data of Appian and Dio Cassius, the Octavian war campaign against the Dalamatae in the area between Burnum and Sinotion (Synodium, Synodion, Sinotium) is reconsidered.
Silvia Bekavac, Ž. Miletić
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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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Maklasheevka II Hillfort, Palynological Aspect
The paper features the results of palynological studies obtained during the study of the rampart embankment of the Maklasheevka II hillfort. According to these studies, the pre-hillfort settlement of the Ananyino cultural and historical area, which arose
Anna S. Alecshinskaya +3 more
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For a long time, the issue of early medieval hillforts attracts the great attention of both researchers and the lay public. The paper discusses questions related to the determination of the lifespan and functionality of wood-soil fortifications of early ...
Luděk Galuška
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