Posted on 12/09/2023 8:52:34 AM PST by SunkenCiv
Satellite imagery has revealed a network of more than 100 Bronze Age structures hidden in the Serbian plains.
Archaeologists first noticed the remnants of the more than 3,000-year-old enclosures in 2015 while reviewing Google Earth photos of a 93-mile stretch (150 kilometer) of wilderness along Serbia's Tisza River, according to a study published Nov. 10 in the journal PLOS One...
Previously, this area, known as the Pannonian Plain, was thought to be a hinterland not used for Bronze Age settlements. But now, researchers think that this is just one example of the many settlements found across Europe that are part of an extensive trade network from the time.
In addition to analyzing satellite images, for the new study, researchers visited the site via small plane and in person and found the footprints of dozens of structures "hiding in plain sight," according to Science magazine.
Most of the enclosures were built close together, similar to neighborhoods today, suggesting that the inhabitants "chose to live together very closely" in what Molloy described as a "complex and well-organized society." ...
Due to farmers plowing the land for many years, the outlines of many of the enclosures were practically invisible from the ground. However, archaeologists did find what was left of several walls and ditches, which may have been used as ramparts to help protect the settlement, according to the study...
There are a few clues as to why the settlement would've been so heavily fortified. Based on the discovery of clay chariots and weaponry at cemeteries near some of the enclosures, it's likely that the inhabitants were "familiar with warfare" — not amongst each other, but rather, with the outside world, according to Science.
(Excerpt) Read more at livescience.com ...
No atrocities are mentioned, so your post must be trolling.
Off topic but........ Have you been keeping up with the precision studies of ancient Egyptian vases and granite boxes?
The extreme precision being studied and recorded directly implies ancient capabilities simply not possible absent something like computer controlled tooling. The topic would seem of interest to the GGG forum
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzFMDS6dkWUre
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8Ejf5etV5U
It’s nonsense, so there’s nothing up with which to keep.
As an engineer that makes things and understand the difficulty to achieve precision, I will disagree.
The first video noted is a dimensional analysis made with the current state of the art precision measuring devices. I should not be denied out of hand
It is there to see
I think it may be both.
There is convincing proof of temporary settlements of Vikings in Canada who could have brought European diseases to the Americas. Who know where else they may have landed and interacted with American natives for even a day or two.
Transpacific travelers are also likely to have brought disease to the Americas.
Even homegrown pandemics are also inevitable that could drastically reduce population just as they did with the medieval plagues in Europe and Asia.
Changes in weather patterns certainly do cause crop failures and famines. The Dust Bowl crop failures of the 1930s would certainly have caused a famine without the presence of the modern transportation.
Interesting
It is hard to imagine how Indians from the American plains would manage to make it to the Iberian peninsula.
The plains Indians are not known for their sea faring skills.
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