Bronze Age fortified settlement on Zyndram’s Hill at Maszkowice (Polish Carpathians)

Bronze Age fortified settlement on Zyndram’s Hill at Maszkowice (Polish Carpathians)

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Bronze Age fortified settlement on Zyndram’s Hill at Maszkowice (Polish Carpathians)

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title:	Bronze Age fortified settlement on Zyndram’s Hill at Maszkowice (Polish Carpathians)
author:	Przybyła Marcin , Jędrysik Joanna
editor:	Fishl Klára P., Kienlin Tobias L.
institution:	Institut für Ur- und Frühgeschichte der Universität zu Köln
book title:	Beyond Divides : the Otomani-Füzesabony phenomenon current approaches to settlement and burial in the North-eastern Carpathian Basin and adjacent areas
date of publication :	2019
place of publication : name of publisher:	Bonn : Verlag Dr. Rudolf Habelt
pages:	13-31
ISBN:	978-3-7749-4241-7
series:	Universitätsforschungen zur prähistorischen Archäologie; Bd. 345
notes:	Zawiera m.in. teksty wygłoszone podczas międzynarodowej konferencji "Settlement Layouts, Systems and Structure of the Otomani-Füzesabony Cultural Complex", która odbyła się w Miszkolcu na Węgrzech w dniach 7-9 czerwca 2018 roku.
language:	English
book language:	English
abstract in English:	Among the many prehistoric hillforts of the Western Carpathians the one located at Maszkowice village displays unique traits. The site occupied hilltop plateau of a small promontory (c. 0.5 ha), called Zyndram’s Hill and dominating over the Dunajec valley. Large scale excavations in 1960s and 1970s recognized numerous traces of the Late Bronze and Iron Age households, but it was not until 2010 that the new field project revealed well preserved remains of the Otomani- Füzesabony culture settlement, including massive stone fortifications of its first building phase. The wall of the Zyndram’s Hill is dated to 18th century BC being one of the earliest examples of defensive stone architecture in Europe outside Mediterranean. The history of the Early/Middle Bronze Age occupation can be divided into three building phases. During the second and third one the stone construction served as a retaining wall. Remains of a few houses of this time survived and were subject of investigations in 2010–2017.
keywords in English:	Early and Middle Bronze Age, archaeology of the Carpathians, early stone architecture
number of pulisher's sheets:	1,5
affiliation:	Wydział Historyczny : Instytut Archeologii
type:	chapter
subtype:	academic paper