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Prehistoric Poliorcetics: Fortified Communities Found In Siberia Date To 8,000 BC

Primitive castle-builders used ditches and palisades

Jan 09, 2024
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Complex Stone Age settlements in west Siberia had pit houses and enclosures

An archaeological survey conducted in 2019 discovered ten Stone Age houses in what is now West Siberia. One group of “pit-houses” was surrounded by a ditch-and-palisade construction. Resembling other communities uncovered in the region, the “Amnya complex” will “contribute to the…

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