Stronghold: A History of Military ArchitectureSchocken Books, 1985 - 192 pages |
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... earthwork was used for over the whole of its 2,000 - year existence . Even places of apparent- ly obvious religious ... earthworks known as causewayed camps were not built with defence in mind . They are marked by a series of concentric ...
... earthwork was used for over the whole of its 2,000 - year existence . Even places of apparent- ly obvious religious ... earthworks known as causewayed camps were not built with defence in mind . They are marked by a series of concentric ...
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... earthworks . Neverthe- less , the multivallate design did help to counter the new weapon , the sling , -- - From about 250 BC onwards there was a series of further influences from across the Channel , probably in the nature of warrior ...
... earthworks . Neverthe- less , the multivallate design did help to counter the new weapon , the sling , -- - From about 250 BC onwards there was a series of further influences from across the Channel , probably in the nature of warrior ...
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... earthworks . Besides defensive structures , a pa contained storage pits for kumara ( sweet potato ) , while taro ( another root crop ) was usually preserved in calabashes in pataka . These were store houses of various types , the most ...
... earthworks . Besides defensive structures , a pa contained storage pits for kumara ( sweet potato ) , while taro ( another root crop ) was usually preserved in calabashes in pataka . These were store houses of various types , the most ...
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