Pages: 237-244

For the last decade two new sites have been pushed insistently among fortified Getian settlements of the forest steppe between the Dniester and Prut Rivers — Mascauti “Dealul cel Mare” and Saharna “La Sant”. A detailed analysis of published materials leads to the conclusion that the traces of the so-called defence lines can’t be anything else but remains of paddock or sheepfold enclosures.

Keywords: Getae, fortified settlements, paddock-refuge, sheepfold.

Information about author:

Alexandru Levinschi (Kishinev, Moldova). Academy of Sciences of Moldova.
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