The Classifi cation of the Settlements of the 10th and the 14th Centuries on the Territories of Upper Siret and Middle Dnister Based on Topographical Location and Planning of Defense Constructions Cover Image

Классификация городищ X—XIV вв. в междуречье Верхнего Сирета и Среднего Днестра по топографии и планировке оборонительных сооружений
The Classifi cation of the Settlements of the 10th and the 14th Centuries on the Territories of Upper Siret and Middle Dnister Based on Topographical Location and Planning of Defense Constructions

Author(s): Igor P. Voznyj
Subject(s): History, Archaeology, Middle Ages, 6th to 12th Centuries, 13th to 14th Centuries
Published by: Издательский дом Stratum, Университет «Высшая антропологическая школа»
Keywords: fortified settlement; contiguous fortifi cations; overlapping fortifi cations; structure of defense lines

Summary/Abstract: The article considers the problems of classification of settlements of 10th and 14th centuries on the territorie sof Upper Siret and Middle Dnister. Based on topographical location of settlements of studied territories they are divided into those located on promontories, on a ridge, on the edge of a natural obstacle, on the plain. Based on interconnection of plan construction of defense structures and topographical environment of location all fortified settlements of Bukovyna are divided into simple and complex. It is investigated that structures of defensive lines can be dismembered or solid.

  • Issue Year: 2010
  • Issue No: 6
  • Page Range: 41-57
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Russian