Pages: 159-167

Braslav’s Poozerye is situated in north-western part of Belarus. Here the forts are mainly of hill type, and less often fortified settlements located on the eskers ridges have spread since the Late Bronze Age. The majority of hill forts in this region has been known since the end of the 19th century. Information about them is included in “Archaeological maps” created by F. V. Pokrovski, but excavations in these settlements had not been carried out until 1970’s. Purposeful research of early hill forts in Braslav’s Poozerye has been executed by the author since 1992. During this time he has undertaken extensive excavations at the sites of Tarilovo (Uklja), Zazony, Ratjunki, Podvarinka. Recently, A. M. Medvedev and Z. A. Haritonovich announced a thesis about attribution of these hill forts to Dnieper-Dvina culture. But research of hill forts in this region showed that they had passed under the control of Hatched Pottery cultures by the beginning of the 1st century AD.

Keywords: Dnieper-Dvina culture, Early hatched pottery culture, Late hatched pottery culture, hill fort Tarilovo, hill fort Zazony, hill fort Ratjunki, settlement Podvarinka

Information about author:

Alexander Yegoreichenko (Minsk, Belarus). Doctor of Historical Sciences. Belarusian State University, Krasnoarmejskaya St., 6, Minsk, 220024, Belarus
E-mail: [email protected]