Community on Fortification Research

In the next COMFORT Online Lecture, Henny Piezonka (Freie Universität Berlin) will present new research on the fortified settlement of Amnya in western Siberia.

Dating to around 8,000 years ago, Amnya challenges traditional narratives linking the emergence of fortified sites and social complexity primarily with agricultural societies. New radiocarbon dates provide the basis for reassessing the chronology, settlement organisation, and wider social context of this exceptional hunter-gatherer site.