A. W. Lawrence’s scientific contributions

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Greek Aims in Fortification
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November 1981

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The Journal of Hellenic Studies

R. A. Tomlinson

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A. W. Lawrence

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... Examples include the ninth-century BCE enclosure at Tel Yizre''el in northern Israel (Ussishkin and Woodhead 1994), the Iron II fortress at Qadesh Barne'a (Cohen 1983) and the ninth-seventh centuries BCE fortress at 'En Hazeva in the Negev (Cohen 1993:593-594). By contrast, there is no evidence prior to the Hellenistic period for square or rectangular complexes with casemate walls and corner towers in Greece or Asia Minor where irregularly shaped fortresses were built at sites exploiting natural irregularlyshaped cliffs and defenses (Lawrence 1979;Adam 1982). The earliest example of a rectangular fort (though with a solid wall) from the Greek world is the late fourth-century BCE rectangular fort at Theangela, Caria (Lawrence 1979:138, 179, Figs. ...

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Naḥal Tut (Site VIII): A Fortified Storage Depot from the Late Fourth Century BCE (pp. 131–189)
Greek Aims in Fortification
  • Citing Article
  • November 1981

The Journal of Hellenic Studies