Their diagrams of “baffled” entryways, seen above, are particularly interesting-a kind of archaeological variation on floor plan porn-revealing the various techniques used to at fortified points of entry to gain an advantage over invaders. Enceintes are barriers that prevent access to and, almost always, obscure vision of a particular location.” In their own words, “the militarily functional ditch and gate features and bastions discussed below, in fact and by definition, are all distinguished by being part of enceintes (that is, surrounding barriers or enclosures). Keeley, Marisa Fontana, and Russell Quick offer a detailed history of militarized building design features such as “V-sectioned ditches, defended gates, and bastions.”Īll of the features they subsequently analyze occur at peripheries, borders, and thresholds. In a paper called “Baffles and Bastions,” published in the Journal of Archaeological Research, anthropologists Lawrence H.
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