TY  - CHAP
A1  - Krause, Rüdiger
T1  - Fortresses and fortifications. On fortified hilltop settlements of the bronze age
T2  - Bronze age fortresses in Europe : proceedings of the Second International LOEWE Conference, 9-13 October 2017 in Alba Julia (!). Universitätsforschungen zur prähistorischen Archäologie ; Band 335, Universitätsforschungen zur prähistorischen Archäologie / Prähistorische Konfliktforschung ; 3
N2  - The construction of fortified settlements upon mountain summits and mountain spurs signifies a new form of defensive architecture for the Bronze Age in the 2nd millennium BC, which we designate ‘Bronze Age’ hillforts or fortresses. With mighty walls and gates built using various techniques with wood, clay and stone, the fortifi ed hill settlements manifest an eminent need for protection from assault, while at the same time they were obviously centres of power, from which territories and natural resources as well as travel routes could be controlled. Within the focus of the Hesse excellence initiative LOEWE “Prehistoric Conflict Research – Bronze Age Fortifi cations between Taunus and Carpathian Mountains” new approaches are made on the subject “War and Fortresses as Architecture of Power” in 2016–2019. Th ese studies are being carried out by the Goethe University in Frankfurt/Main and the Römisch-Germanische Kommission in Frankfurt/Main. The objective was to observe the development and character of fortifi ed structures in cultural spheres south of the Alps and landscapes north of the Alps in diachronic comparison in order to better understand the genesis and function of fortifications in their cultural milieu.
Y1  - 2019
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/53985
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-539858
SN  - 978-3-7749-4204-2
SP  - 1
EP  - 16
PB  - Verlag Dr. Rudolf Habelt GmbH
CY  - Bonn
ER  -