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The collection comprises contributions delivered at the colloquium "The Castle as a Technical Issue. Technologies and Forms in the Construction of Mediaeval Fortified Settlements", held at the end of 2007 at the Moravian Museum, Brno, with the participation of archaeologists, architects, anthropologists, and heritage experts. Besides covering the building and historical development of castles, the contributions also concentrate on details of everyday life in mediaeval castles, people's diets, and armour. Much of the attention is dedicated to the context of Skály (Štarkov) Castle near Jimramov. Further contributions involve castles at Cimburk, near Městečko Trnávka and Újezd u Kunštátu, the Silesian-Ostrava Castle, and the Nosislav stronghold.

Castles --- Fortification --- Fortification, Primitive --- Forts --- Military engineering --- Siege warfare --- History

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In many regions of Europe and beyond fortifications belong to the most impressive of archaeological remains. Their study has a long tradition and today a multitude of aspects about architecture, function or symbolism has been explored. However, fortifications are generally examined in a temporally, regionally or culturally limited context. Going a step further, this volume aims to bring into focus concepts of fortifications, which can be socially, symbolically or functionally, but also chronologically and supra-regionally aligned. An important question is to determine which fortification elements are culture-specific, and which can be regarded as convergence or even universal phenomena. Adopting a comparative view, the central aim of the volume is to highlight the diversity and the structural similarities of ancient fortifications. The chronological framework goes from the Neolithic to the Late Iron Age, and the geographical scope from the Near East to the Iberian Peninsula.

Fortification, Prehistoric. --- HISTORY / Ancient / General. --- Fortification, Prehistoric --- Hill-forts --- Prehistoric fortification --- Archaeology

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"Trusty's Hill is an early medieval fort at Gatehouse of Fleet, Dumfries and Galloway. The hillfort comprises a fortified citadel defined by a vitrified rampart around its summit, with a number of enclosures looping out along lower-lying terraces and crags. The approach to its summit is flanked on one side by a circular rock-cut basin and on the other side by Pictish Symbols carved on to the face of a natural outcrop of bedrock. This Pictish inscribed stone is unique in Dumfries and Galloway, and southern Scotland, and has long puzzled scholars as to why the symbols were carved so far from Pictland and even if they are genuine. The Galloway Picts Project, launched in 2012, aimed to recover evidence for the archaeological context of the inscribed stone, but far from validating the existence of Picts in this southerly region of Scotland, the archaeological context instead suggests that the carvings relate to a royal stronghold and place of inauguration for the local Britons of Galloway around AD 600. Examined in the context of contemporary sites across southern Scotland and northern England, the archaeological evidence from Galloway suggests that this region may have been the heart of the lost Dark Age kingdom of Rheged, a kingdom that was in the late sixth century pre-eminent amongst the kingdoms of the north. The new archaeological evidence from Trusty's Hill enhances our perception of power, politics, economy and culture at a time when the foundations for the kingdoms of Scotland, England and Wales were being laid"--Provided by publisher.

Fortification --- Fortification, Primitive --- Forts --- Military engineering --- Siege warfare --- Gatehouse of Fleet (Scotland) --- Antiquities.

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This text studies the archaeological remains of the endogenous fortifications of eastern Senegal during the Atlantic slave trade. In his first part, he addresses the generalities by dealing with the determinants of the establishment of fortifications in West Africa. Following a proposal for the classification of West African endogenous fortifications, it gives an overview of the different types of fortifications present from Senegal to Cameroon. In the second part, he presents the military and political history of the state entities of the left bank of the Falémé (the Fulani kingdom of Boundou, and the Malinké kingdoms of Dantila, Sirimana, and Beledougou), as well as the defensive structures that served as the basis for this history. As much as possible, each ruin of fortifications is studied under an archaeological and historical approach.

Fortification --- Slave trade --- History. --- Fortification, Primitive --- Forts --- Military engineering --- Siege warfare

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Die Landmauer von Konstantinopel gehört zu den bedeutendsten und größten Wehranlagen der Spätantike. Die vorliegende Arbeit behandelt die Baugeschichte und Topographie der Theodosianischen Landmauer und der Blachernen-Mauer (sog. Mauer der XIV. Region, Komnenen-Mauer, Mauerabschnitt zwischen Komnenen-Mauer und Goldenem Horn). Schwerpunkte bilden das theodosianische Baukonzept der Doppelmauer, die Anzahl der theodosianischen Türme, die zeitliche Einordnung des Goldenen Tors und des Rahmenwerks am Vortor, die Baugeschichte der Tore, die Ermittlung der byzantinischen Namen der Tore zwischen dem wiederentdeckten Romanos-Tors und Edirnekapı, die Lokalisierung des Polichnion von Kaiser Ioannes V. Palaiologos (Mermerkule), die Identifizierung weiterer Örtlichkeiten im Bereich der Theodosianischen Mauer (Polyandrion, Myriandrion, Mesoteichion), die Topographie und Baugeschichte der Komnenen-Mauer einschließlich der Identifikation der Tore der Blachernen-Mauer sowie das Problem der letzten Kaiserresidenz von Konstantinopel (Tekfur Sarayı). In weiteren Abschnitten werden das Mauerwerk dokumentiert und untersucht und ein Katalog der Spolien vorgelegt. Zwei Exkurse widmen sich dem spätbyzantinischen Straßensystem von Konstantinopel und zwei Istanbul-Karten von Piri Reis.

City walls --- Fortification --- Fortification, Primitive --- Forts --- Military engineering --- Siege warfare --- Village walls --- Walls --- Architecture. --- Building Technology. --- Constantinople. --- Istanbul.