Posted on 02/16/2025 8:54:35 PM PST by SunkenCiv
At the foot of Slovakia's Štiavnické vrchy hills, a long-forgotten hilltop settlement is giving up its secrets. Using state-of-the-art aerial scanning technology, researchers have uncovered remnants of stone structures and terraced fields stretching down the valley slopes – evidence of a rich and complex past. Their precise age remains a mystery, writes the My Levice website.
A team of geoinformatics experts from the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava has mapped the 140-hectare site using LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging), an advanced laser scanning system.
The technology has not only exposed previously unknown locations but also shed new light on prehistoric fields in the Liptov region, including a vast fortified settlement dating back 7,000 years...Hrádok, a historic hill behind the church in the village of Bohunice, was inhabited as early as the Stone Age. After the Tatar invasion in the Middle Ages, a fortress was built here to guard trade routes leading to mining towns such as Pukanec and Banská Štiavnica. According to the village monograph, the site later became part of an early warning system against Ottoman incursions – and offers evidence that the steep slopes were once used for viticulture...
Today, while some locals still cultivate vineyards, much of the land has been reclaimed by the forest. The ruins of the fortress remain concealed beneath the trees, with an old stone wall protruding from the earth. Similar fortifications were common across what is now Slovakia between the 12th and 15th centuries.
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So they’re czeching out Slovakia.
BTTT
I didn’t recognize any of the towns so they’re probably the other side of Bugtussell.
It's always astonishing how many fortified settlements there were throughout eastern Europe, the Mideast, Israel and North Africa that have disappeared and are being re-discovered. At 7,000 years old, this must be one of the oldest sites.
It's really cool that LIDAR can map the old settlements through the forests that have grown up over them. LIDAR is the main navigation technology used in autonomous vehicles.
So that’s where they learned to spell words with mostly consonants and end in vowels!
Czech it out!
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Thanks, SunkenCiv.
LOL!
Black and white broadcast TV, but I can’t remember what show, maybe Andy G? Besides an internet company, there are actually four US locales carrying the name.
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My pleasure!
Possibly AG Show but I was thinking it was The Beverly Hillbillies but I could be wrong. My BIL lives on a road called Bugtussel.
That could be it! BH, or one of the spinoffs (Petticoat Junction, Green Acres).
Mentioned a couple of times in Petticoat Junction, which took place in the fictional town of Hooterville according to a wiki.
Probably located near Mt Pilot.
Slowly, yeah.
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