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Author(s): Peter Robertson Date: 2024 Format: pdf Language: English ISBN/ASIN: 178491410X   Pages: 144 OCR: Quality: ISBN13:   Uploader: stirkout Upload Date: 10/12/2023 2:30:13 AM       To download click on link in the Links Table below                                                                        Description: Click to see full description Was the purpose of an Iron Age hillfort to defend people and resources or was it there to show the power of the community and its leaders? Was the Middle Iron Age trend to large complex defences a response to developing tactics of assault or did the huge amounts of construction work serve the purpose of building community identity through shared labour? The name hillfort implies a defensive purpose, but in recent decades alternative interpretations have gained favour, based on analyses suggesting that hillforts are poorly suited to military purposes and on views of Iron Age society that emphasise the importance of boundaries, symbolic display and communitybuilding. Excavations of hillfort interiors reveal they were sites for many activities large caches of stones suggest that sling warfare was one. This book reports an investigation of these issues. Sling accuracy at a hillfort was measured for the first time, in a controlled experiment comparing attack and defence across single and developed ramparts. Tactical scenarios modelled from the results showed that hillfort development gave defenders increased advantage. These results support defence as the explanation for the features of the enclosing works of hillforts. Full details of the method and analyses are included. Read more Links Table     Title Link Password Size (MB) Thank to Inform Admin 3206083 Book https://nitroflare.com/view/60A38D748F6A...   0.00 stirkout Tags: Defences Hillfort Iron Sling Tactics Warfare Title Link Password Size Reason Dead link New format Related books: Peter Robertson  Full list Those who downloaded this book also downloaded the following books: Comments New comment:

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